
Electoral Count Act reforms included within Biden's $1.7 trillion bipartisan budget deal
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Lawmakers have tied legislation rewriting the Electoral Count Act to President Biden's $1.7 trillion budget in hopes of averting another January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
"Reforming the Electoral Count Act is necessary to prevent it from being manipulated to subvert, rather than support, the peaceful transfer of power," said Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md. Haris Alic is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering Congress.
The ambiguity surrounding the vice president's role under the 1887 Electoral Count Act was put to the test after the 2020 election. Former President Trump and his allies argued that the law allowed the vice president to reject electors from states with irregularities.
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