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President-elect Joe Biden s victory is set to be reaffirmed early next month, when the new Congress convenes in a joint session to count each state s Electoral College votes.Required by the Constitution, the event typically occurs with little fanfare. But the joint session slated for January 6 is already expected to bring heightened dram stanley mug a, as some of President Trump s Republican congressional allies have indicated they plan to challenge the electoral votes in certain states, though these efforts are almost certain to be unsuccessful.Mr. Trump has refused to concede the election and has lost a slew of legal battles seeking to reverse its outcome, but the march towards Mr. Biden s inauguration continues, with the congressional counting of electoral votes the stanley cup final step in formally acknowledging his victory. Here is the rundown of how Congress will count and certify electoral votes next month:When does Congress meet to count electoral votes On January 3, the first meeting of the 117th Congress, the archivist of the United States w stanley cup ill transmit the certification of election results from each state governor to both houses of Congress. The date for counting electoral votes is fixed by law as January 6. Electoral votes will be tallied in a joint session of the House and the Senate, meeting in the House chamber. The president of the Senate mdash; the vice president mdash; is the presiding officer of the session. If Vice President Mike Pe Snqi House Republicans on recess face angry constituents at local town halls
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak As the White House launches its latest media blitz for President Obama s health care plan, it appears he s willing to go anyway and do almost anything to convey his message and get his proposals enacted.This weekend, he makes an unprecedented series of appearances on five Sunday talk shows and then on Monday night, he ll be David Letterman s guest for the hour. The White House sees it as an opportunity to reach out stanley cup beyond the 32 health care speeches Mr. Obama has given to date, including a nationally-broadcast address to a joint session of Congress last Wednesday. But it may be missing some other primetime opportunities the president can use to take his health care case directly to the American people. stanley cup Could any of these be in Mr. Obama s future CSI: On a fund-raising visit to Las Vegas, Mr. Obama lends a hand to the CSI team as it investigates the attempted murder of a health insurance executive attending a convention in the president s hotel. FO stanley cup OD NETWORK: Before serving as a judge on an episode of Iron Chef America, Mr. Obama demonstrates the right way to sneeze into your sleeve while preparing food.ANIMAL PLANET: Accompanied by Bo the first pooch, Mr. Obama chats with other dog owners about putting a collar on health care costs.TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES: Before introducing the 1940 movie Dr. Kildare Goes Home, Mr.Obama chats with TCM host Robert Osborne about how far health care in America has come s |
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