Deal to prevent another Jan. 6 included in spending package, Schumer says

[brooklynite]

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Source: Politico

The upcoming massive year-end spending package will include a revamp of an obscure law that Donald Trump tried to exploit to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday.

The Senate majority leader also said anticipated additional Ukraine aid would make it into the deal, though he did not specify an amount. Top appropriators are looking to cement the overall spending levels on the stalled funding bill as soon as Tuesday, a critical step for negotiations to wrap up by the end of the year.

“There’s a lot of work to do, but we’re optimistic that if we preserve the good faith we’ve seen so far, we’ll get there,” Schumer said on the floor Tuesday morning.

After weeks of impasse on domestic funding levels, lead negotiators in the House and Senate have made progress in recent days. Lawmakers have largely agreed to set the defense budget at about $858 billion for this fiscal year, a 10 percent increase over current funding levels.

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[republianmushroom]

1. There is another way

prosecute those involved in trying to over thrown the government this time if found guilty long prison terms.

[brooklynite]

2. Nobody will be prosecuted for voting to reject electoral vote certificates. Nor should they.

Regardless of their motives, the Electoral Count Act is approved legislation that lets members of congress vote either way.

[CousinIT]

3. What they should be prosecuted and removed from congress for is supporting insurrection

..several of them helped incite or materially supported the violence of Jan 6th. They should be removed and imprisoned.

[brooklynite]

4. What evidence would you use to prove that in Court?

[CousinIT]

5. I'd start with Boebert announcing Pelosi's positon

on Jan 6th so the insurrectionists could find her...and go from there. Should include Ginni Thomas too.

[brooklynite]

6. "we know what she intended" is not the legal basis for a prosecution.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. +...and we will prove it beyond reasonable doubt with iron clad proof..is.

[brooklynite]

8. But you won't.

Name the statute that bars someone from revealing the Speaker's location.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

9. Referring to signing fake electoral certs., and the law folk who knew that and more, before voting.

[brooklynite]

10. Still not seeing a provable crime.

Nothing in the Electoral Count Act requires a member of Congress to have a good reason for their vote.

[Omaha Steve]

11. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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