The Presidential Election Reform Act, which aims to prevent another January 6-style insurrection, passed with the support of every House Democrat present—but only nine Republicans.
House Democrats on Wednesday took aim at the overwhelming majority of their Republican colleagues in the lower chamber who voted against proposed legislation that aims to prevent another attempt to use Congress to subvert presidential elections.
"It comes as no surprise that only nine Republicans voted to ensure the integrity of the electoral vote count."written by Reps. Liz Cheney and Zoe Lofgren , seeks to prevent presidents from manipulating the Electoral Count Act like former President Donald Trump attempted to do as part of his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and prevent the peaceful transfer of power to President Joe Biden.
House Republicans joined them. All nine are leaving Congress after this term, either because they lost primary challenges or are retiring. In addition to Cheney, they are Reps. Anthony Gonzalez , Jamie Herrera Beutler , Chris Jacobs , John Katko , Adam Kinzinger , Peter Meijer , Tom Rice , and Fred Upton .
"To all those who oppose this legislation, I ask you, how could anyone vote against free and fair elections—the cornerstone of our constitution?" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi —who leads a party that has repeatedly fought to keep more progressive challengers
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