Inauguration Committee Fails to Pass Resolution Acknowledging Biden as President-Elect
BY JACK PHILLIPS December 8, 2020
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies voted down a resolution to acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect as President Donald Trump and other Republicans continue lawsuits challenging the results of the Nov. 3 election, according to several members of the bipartisan panel.
There are three Republicans and three Democrats on the panel from both the House and Senate, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are also on the committee.
Republicans said they made the decision because there are election-related processes that need to play out first before a president-elect can be decided.
“It is not the job of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to get ahead of the electoral process and decide who we are inaugurating,” Blunt said in a statement afterward. “The JCCIC [Inaugural Committee] is facing the challenge of planning safe Inaugural Ceremonies during a global pandemic. I would hope that, going forward, the members of the JCCIC would adhere to the committee’s long-standing tradition of bipartisan cooperation and focus on the task at hand.”
McConnell, speaking to reporters, noted that the Electoral College meets to elect the president on Dec. 14.
There are three Republicans and three Democrats on the panel from both the House and Senate, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are also on the committee.
Republicans said they made the decision because there are election-related processes that need to play out first before a president-elect can be decided.
“It is not the job of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to get ahead of the electoral process and decide who we are inaugurating,” Blunt said in a statement afterward. “The JCCIC [Inaugural Committee] is facing the challenge of planning safe Inaugural Ceremonies during a global pandemic. I would hope that, going forward, the members of the JCCIC would adhere to the committee’s long-standing tradition of bipartisan cooperation and focus on the task at hand.”
McConnell, speaking to reporters, noted that the Electoral College meets to elect the president on Dec. 14.
2 comments:
I must disagree with your choice of words. The committee did not FAIL to pass the resolution. The Committee WISELY CHOSE NOT TO pass the resolution.
"Failed to" is a liberal media mind manipulation technique. "Chose not to" is a statement of fact.
This decision was a success, not a failure.
I wasn't disagreeing with the article, those were the author (JACK PHILLIPS0 words....I am happy as can be that the committee didn't pass this resolution...
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