Harris and Biden will arrive in the state Sunday and Monday, respectively, where they will campaign for the Rev. Raphael Warnock (D) and Jon Ossoff (D). Democrats need to win both seats on Jan. 5 to gain a 50-50 split in the upper chamber, which would make Harris the potential tie-breaker on any votes.
Their trips to Georgia will coincide with an event President Trump
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A campaign official familiar with fundraising numbers told CNN that Biden has also been involved in direct fundraising for the two candidates and has raised around $10 million.
Georgia s Senate race has remained extremely tight, according to polls, and incumbent Sens. David Perdue
Senator
Josh Hawley announced he plans to object during the Electoral College certification process set for January 6, 2021. The stunning announcement from the Republican junior senator from Missouri comes amid continued and baseless attacks on the 2020 general election from President
Donald Trump and his surrogates, despite no evidence of systemic or widespread voter fraud that would have changed the outcome of the election that led to President-elect
Joe Biden.
According to a statement released to the press on Wednesday, December 30th, Hawley intends to object to the results as a means to “highlight the failure of some states, including notably Pennsylvania, to follow their own election laws as well as the unprecedented interference of Big Tech monopolies in the election.” Hawley also plans to call for Congress to launch a full investigation of potential fraud and election irregularities and enact election integrity measures.
US President Donald Trump s push for US$2000 (A$2605) COVID-19 relief cheques has all but died as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed an alternative approach of loading up the bill with other White House priorities that appeared destined to fail.
The roadblock set by Senate Republicans appears unsurmountable, even as pressure builds to approve the bigger cheques.
Mr Trump wants the Republican-led chamber to follow the House and increase the cheques from US$600 (A$781) for millions of Americans.
President Donald Trump plays golf at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.(AP)
A growing number of Republicans, including two senators in runoff elections on January 5 in Georgia, agree.
Walmart is headquartered in Missouri’s neighboring state of Arkansas, but Walmart’s ownership has a significant footprint in St. Louis, as well as 117 store locations, which ranks third in the nation.
Hawley is receiving bipartisan attention (both praise and criticism) for his giving favor to the baseless conspiracy theory put forth by President
New York Times reporter
Peter Baker noted on Twitter, Hawley’s objection gives Trump a key legislative victory as it allows the Trump camp to force debates and votes by both houses.
Mitch McConnell. Hawley’s announcement surely puts him in play for a future Senate leadership role and perhaps lines him up as well for a 2024 Presidential strategy.
The Senate appears poised to override President Trump
The issue is likely to come to a head either on New Year’s Day or the following day in a rare Saturday vote, with a group of lawmakers threatening to drag out the veto fight as they try to leverage the $740 billion defense measure into getting a vote on the House-passed stimulus checks bill.
But Republicans are making clear they expect to have the two-thirds majority votes needed to nix Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), marking the first time in four years that Congress has been able to successfully override Trump.