Congressional certification of the Electoral College results. It means that a regularly routine roll call of states could be interrupted, forcing two hours of debate in both houses, whenever a member of each raises objection to a states certification. Both chambers of congress would have to disagree with a particular states slate of electoral votes to reject them. With democratic control of the house and Mitch Mcconnells desire to spare his caucus having to choose between the president and the Electoral College, that wont happen. The election will not get thrown into the house where voting would be done by state delegation. Instead, Vice President mike pence will be put in the same position as Richard Nixon after the 1960 election and al gore post 2000. He will preside over the certification of an election in which he lost. Democracy sometimes requires such discomfort. And no doubt thats what was felt by the partisan who nevertheless after the 2016 election presided over congressional
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