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Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported each morning this week: Monday,
299,181; Tuesday, 300,482; Wednesday, 303,849.
There have been enough U.S. fatalities from COVID-19 to fill the Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor three times, or decimate an entire city the size of Cincinnati.
Against a welcome backdrop of anticipated U.S. approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, congressional leaders on Tuesday vowed to stay in Washington until they enact legislation this month to help constituents scarred by the pandemic.
A growing number of Senate Republicans are acknowledging President-elect Joe Biden
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Top Senate Republicans have also publicly pushed back against talk of trying to object to the election results next month. McConnell didn’t address the issue during a press conference on Tuesday.
Blunt, the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, said Thune had explained to GOP senators the futility of objecting to any state s electoral votes next month.
Thune on Monday said the effort was “not going anywhere.”
If both a House member and senator object, the two chambers would have to meet separately, debate the issue and then have a majority in both chambers vote to uphold the objection to a state’s slate. A lawmaker has never been able to successfully throw out a state s results.