WASHINGTON - Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz was sole dissenter Tuesday as Republicans and Democrats came together to advance legislation aimed at clarifying...
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats came together Tuesday to advanceThe Senate Rules Committee voted 14-1 to send the bipartisan legislation to the floor.
At issue are provisions of what is commonly referred to as the Electoral Count Act, passed after several states submitted dueling certificates for the 1876 election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. “But it was at the center of a plan to overturn the 2020 election and the will of the American people that – as we all know who work here – culminated in a violent mob desecrating the Capitol,” Klobuchar said. “On that day enemies of our democracy sought to use this antiquated law to subvert the results of a free and fair election.”