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US Congress approves new election rules in response to 6 January insurrection
24/12/2022 03:57 PM | Click to read full article
Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of a presidential contest, the strongest effort yet to avoid a repeat of Donald Trump’s violence-inflaming push to reverse his loss in the 2020 election. The House passed an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act as part of its massive, end-of-the-year spending bill after the Senate approved identical wording Thursday.
