Vice President Mike Pence
January 5, 2021 | Joshua Philipp
Louie Gohmert Explains His Electoral College Lawsuit, Risks to Civility
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) made headlines recently by filing a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence, seeking to declare the Electoral Count Act of 1887 unconstitutional, which would expand the authority of Pence when Electoral Votes are counted on Jan. 6. To learn more about this, and about what will happen when votes on counted, […]
January 5, 2021 | Christina Kim
Rules Outline Electoral Vote Count Process
On Sunday, the House of Representatives and the Senate adopted rules that outline how the counting of Electoral College votes will take place on Jan. 6. The guidance was introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The chambers will meet in a joint session on Jan. 6 presided over by Vice President Mike Pence. Mike Pence’s chief of […]
January 5, 2021 | Jack Phillips
Trump: Pence ‘Has the Power to Reject Fraudulently Chosen Electors’
President Donald Trump asserted on Tuesday that Vice President Mike Pence has the power to reject electors that were fraudulently chosen, echoing statements made by his legal team in recent days ahead of Jan. 6’s Joint Session of Congress. “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” Trump wrote on Tuesday in […]
January 5, 2021 | NTD Newsroom
Lawmakers Bid to Challenge Electoral Votes
A number of House members and senators say they will object to electoral slates in Wednesday’s joint session of Congress. Representative Mo Brooks is leading the move in the House. Both Representative Adam Kinzinger and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows suggest over 100 House members will support the bid. Vice President Mike Pence said he […]
January 1, 2021 | Mimi Nguyen Ly
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Pence Over Electoral College Vote Count
A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit filed by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and other Republicans against Vice President Mike Pence, who is due to preside over a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 for the formal certification of states’ electoral votes.
December 31, 2020 | Mimi Nguyen Ly
Pence Asks Judge to Reject Push to Expand His Powers to Decide Electoral College Votes
Vice President Mike Pence asked a federal judge on Thursday to reject an effort to give him “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes should be counted during the upcoming joint session of Congress. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and other Republicans last week filed a lawsuit against Pence, requesting that the court grant Pence power to […]