68 members of the Senate pass a law in the Omnibus bill that updates and clarifies election laws so that another January 6th insurrection attempt does not happen again.

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Here is what they changed to add concrete clarifications to the original law:

 

"In the time after voting ended in 2020 and results were certified, Trump and his team argued that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the power to interfere with the counting of electoral votes because the law as it currently stands names the vice president as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress where those votes are counted.

 

Legal experts across the political spectrum debunked that reading of the law, but Trump's pressure campaign still led to the powder keg that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when chants of "Hang Mike Pence!" rang through the halls of Congress.

 

The update passed by the Senate would clarify that the vice president's role in the proceedings is purely ceremonial.

Importantly, the measure also would raise the bar for objecting to a state's slate of electors. As it stands now, it takes just one member of the House and one senator to challenge a state's electors and send both chambers into a potentially days-long debate period, even without legitimate concerns.

 

The new legislation would raise the threshold for an objection to 20% of the members of each chamber."

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So, they make it very clear that ANYBODY presiding over that joint session of Congress cannot interfere with the counting.

 

And they raised the threshold in which somebody can object to one state's slate of electors. That is per EACH STATE that they want to object to, they need 20% of members from each chamber of Congress.

 

 

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And now its passed the House. So it will go to Biden's desk and be signed into law.

 

Another piece of Republican-created bullshit has been cleaned up because they (right-wingers) intentionally do not abide by the honor system that most of our nation's laws seem to rely on.