House GOP leadership announced that it is formally whipping Republican members to vote against a bipartisan bill that seeks to reform the counting of presidential electoral votes in order to blunt challenges to the results of a White House race.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise participates in the House Republican Conference news conference in the Capitol, Sept. 14, 2022.House GOP leadership said Tuesday that it is formally whipping Republican members to vote against a bipartisan billin order to blunt challenges to the results of a White House race.
"In their continued fixation to inject the Federal government into elections, this legislation runs counter to reforms necessary to strengthen the integrity of our elections," Scalise's office said in guidance explaining why leadership wants Republicans to vote "no." Among other things, the proposed legislation affirms that the vice president's role in overseeing the Electoral College count after each election is solely ceremonial -- a reform in recognition of the intense pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence was under on Jan. 6, 2021, to reject slates of electors for victor Joe Biden.
Similar legislation was proposed in the Senate after bipartisan talks that included Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, and Susan Collins, R-Maine.
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