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Senator Ted Cruz (Ted Cruz) and about 9 or 10 other senators participated in the Republican House of Representatives Mobrook (Alabama), Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Andy Biggs (Arizona) ) Conference call, a 50-minute conference call was held on Monday afternoon to discuss their plan to challenge the challenge. The electoral college votes were elected President Biden.

Guess what? Your Huddle host has obtained the exclusive details of this private plan call. People familiar with the matter said that although the plan is not set in stone, the following is what they discussed:

As far as Congressional Democrats are concerned, they have also begun to develop strategies for the long meeting on Wednesday. Democrats in the House of Representatives held a caucus on Monday, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged members to maintain "dignity" throughout the process.

When Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) hired by the Biden administration as the White House Liaison Officer, he said frankly: "You shouldn't argue with fools, because at a distance, you can't tell who the fool is."

: As McConnell dealt with our own Burgess and Marian’s election challenge to Trump:

| More people in the Republican Party reject Trump’s attempts to undo the failures of Lisa Mascaro and Mary Claire Jalonic of The Associated Press:

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After months of turbulence, countless political TV advertisements and emails, and millions of dollars in record spending, the control of the Senate will finally be determined in the final elections held in the Georgia Senate today.

Your Huddle host does not work on forecasting, but what I can tell you is the potential results and what each result means for Capitol Hill. The following are four possible scenarios for determining the next two years:

Republicans are doing their best to "maintain control" and protect their two seats in Georgia,

Since 2005, some of them are still controlled by the Republican Party.

The Senate controlled by the Republicans is the last firewall that Republicans will have with Biden in the White House and the House of Representatives controlled by Democrats for at least the next two years. In other words, Republicans have all losses and Democrats have all gains.

Before the 2018 midterm elections, it is not interesting for the opposition to control the White House and both houses of Congress, because it means that you can do nothing but squeak the wheel and write angry letters, which are quickly received by the majority. People surrounded by trash cans.

-The slogan of House Representative Mitch McConnell (Mitch McConnell) is used in Senate advertisements to increase voter turnout-Then, the Republican Party can also control the two Senates well within two years. House Minority Leader Kay Kevin McCarthy predicts that Republicans can take back control of the House of Commons. After resisting political votes and gaining 10 seats in November, the next election cycle begins.

Give Republicans more breathing space, so that they may face defections or even the absence of a senator. This also means that Republicans will maintain some control over the legislative focus of President-elect Biden is a task they hope to accomplish.

If the Republicans win any seat in Georgia, then they will narrowly maintain the weakest control over the Senate, thus forming Congress with a weak advantage in the two chambers.

The two parties will have to "free ride" to the table to pass the key bipartisan bill.

Senator David Perdue, who has held the seat since 2015, lost to Democrat John Ossoff; second, the current Loeffler was appointed to the seat by Trump’s latest punching bag Governor Brian Kemp , Lost to Reverend Raphael Warnock (Raphael Warnock).

If Perdue or Loeffler loses, their failure will inevitably be tied to Trump, who flew down on Monday night and conducted the last RAH-RAH before voting assembly. This result will also be a signal of the Democratic Party's revitalization, and Georgia is still playing a role for them.

If the Democrats win both finals, they will get the *lowest* number to gain control of the Senate for the first time since 2015. Technically speaking, this is only the time when Biden takes office. The Democratic Party has 50 seats, and Kamala Harris, who is about to become the Vice President, will vote in the tiebreaker. This will give the Democratic Party the smallest advantage in party voting and no room for error.

This is largely because of its power to make Democrats follow what they describe as the most self-destructive president of the modern era (someone has been arguing since history).

In a side-by-side competition, the counting of votes most likely means that the public will not yet know which side proves the victory. (prompt

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After being clear on November 4, Biden defeated Trump.

-Thinking a difference of half a percentage point-Then according to Georgia law, candidates who are behind can request a re-count of votes to restart the counting process.

Lisa Lerer from The New York Times:

Trump used the Georgia rally to put pressure on our own Andrew and Matthew Choi, asking the Republicans to meet the challenge of the Electoral College:

| Biden's transition hopes to win in Georgia, but POLITICO's Tyler Pager and Megan Cassella are prepared for failure:

| AJC's Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy are the key questions for Georgia in the key U.S. Senate finals:

Republicans count on Trump as their life jacket because they race to save the endangered majority in the Senate, but the president put forward various and even destructive messages in the final stages of the campaign.

It is required that voter fraud is widespread in the 2020 election, including in Peach State, and then all fly to Dalton, Georgia. On Monday night, to encourage his base to vote in the election, he tried so strongly to demand manipulation of the election. Trump said last night: "I will not assemble for others." "I will assemble for me."

While Loeffler and Perdue tried to establish a base to support them, Trump became angry with Republican Georgia officials who were unwilling to succumb to him.

In addition to publicly condemning Republican officials, Trump also called on Kemp to resign. Recently, it was revealed in an audio recording that the president tried to pressure Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (Brad Raffensperger) to "find" enough votes to overturn his failure in November. Andrew and James Arkin sent mail from Georgia:

When Trump took office, he undermined the Republican Party and overthrew WaPo’s overthrow of the election. Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey and Cheng Minjin :

The news that Trump exerted pressure on Ravensperger surprised and disturbed Republicans in the two Houses of Representatives, and some Republican lawmakers cancelled their criticism.

In order to describe Trump’s actions as criminal or gross crimes, as some Democrats have said, Senator Pat Toomey, who will retire in 2022, described the hour-long conversation as “this is the whole useless and regrettable incident. New lows."

"I commend the Republican election officials across the country who have fulfilled their duties with integrity in the past two months while enduring unremitting pressure, disinformation and attacks from the president and his campaign," Tumei said.

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…90 Democrats signed a resolution led by Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA.) that would condemn Trump’s controversial call. The full list of names is here:

The Republicans in the Supreme House of Representatives followed Pelosi in what they called the double standard for implementing the Covid guidelines, and then ignored the double standard at a political expediency and pointed out that the speaker’s Sunday vote was the latest crime.

They said that Sunday’s voting was conducted by House sergeants and attending physicians under Pelosi’s instructions, and was completely abandoned due to the crowding of hundreds of members on the floor of the House of Representatives and the construction of the plexiglass structure in the House of Representatives room.

McCarthy, minority whip Steve Scalise (Steve Scalise), Republican Conference Chairman Liz Cheney (Liz Cheney), and Representative Rodney Davis (Illinois). The top Republican on the House Administrative Committee wrote: "Although science has not changed, we follow the same guidelines for the election as the speaker."

"If it is really built for everyone's safety, it will be coordinated in advance and communicated to everyone. The reality is that the reason for building it is that it is politically beneficial to have members vote for the speaker on your behalf."

However, Democrats accused Sunday’s meeting of becoming chaotic, which was an unexpected Republican vote that forced members to gather on the floor of the House of Representatives, flirting with the social distancing agreement. Daimus also pointed out that it was Republican congressmen who refused to wear masks on the floor of the House of Representatives.

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... Pelosi may win the gavel for the last time in her career this week. Of course, this will mean starting to informally take over for her and her top two representatives.

Pelosi and Caucus are in addition to her successors, and there are still many pressing issues to be resolved. However, Democratic representatives and aides said that the 117th Congress is likely to see the inevitable tension between the most influential speaker of his life and the Democratic Party who wants to open its own way.

So far, legislators and aides are arguing about some possible competitors: Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakim Jeffries, former Black Caucus Chairman Karen Bass, and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff as speakers. Assistant Spokesperson Katherine Clark, Vice Chairman Pete Aguilar and Progressive Caucus Chairman Pramila Jayapal.

Even her close allies in Congress. In the private meeting, Pelosi did not disclose her timetable, nor did she consider leaving, although she publicly hinted that she would leave after this semester. Several Democrats predicted that when Pelosi did choose to leave, she would do what she wanted, which was a surprise to most people. The story of Heather and Sarah:

The first week of the new Congress should be an overwhelming celebration, but three lingering threats cast a shadow over the Capitol: the threat of violence. Threat of virus. Threat to democracy.

At work, including worrying that Trump’s rally may turn into violence, while at the same time, the deadly pandemic is increasing. The president himself said he planned to participate. But he will not be alone. In addition to his most loyal Hill ally and other MAGA world figures,

At Wednesday’s "Stop Theft" rally, extreme right-wing groups such as "Pride Boys" are also expected to demonstrate there.

"I am very worried about violence. Frankly speaking, it is because I am African-American.... Understand that I am not speaking this as a legislator," California Democrat Rep. Karen Bass told POLITICO.

, The members of both sides are facing completely different threats, which may have far-reaching consequences: more and more Republicans have made historic efforts to overthrow Biden’s presidential victory on the congressional floor. All in all, these various things are generating a nervous mood, and some MPs just hope they can avoid disaster. Melanie (Melanie), Sarah (Sarah) and Kyle (Kyle) latest:

Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger tested positive for the coronavirus from Alex Samuels of the Alex Texas:

The Democrats in the House of Representatives approved a series of rules on Monday that will drastically change the voice of the minority party. This is a key instruction for the caucus on how to manage its strictest majority in the new Congress. Undoubtedly, voting conducted entirely in accordance with the party’s line also includes major changes to the core group’s pay-as-you-go rules, which has always been required by progressives.

The cooperation between the Communist Party of China and the Blue Dog Alliance is one of the first major tests of cooperation within the core group. It is worth noting that both parties said they have become winners. The Congressional Progressive Caucus praised "critical reforms," ​​which will now exempt all climate change and pandemic relief bills from House regulations, and the bill requires all bills to be paid in full. At the same time, modest people touted the fact that there are only two types of tax exemptions, although progressives initially hoped for more types of tax exemption bills, including bills related to housing and student debt.

After the vote, the Blue Dog Alliance also wrote to John Yarmuth, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, clearly stating that they and other members can still vote against the rule and against efforts to exempt certain bulls on the spot.

Like Scalise, he said the bill aims to "silence conservative voices" by adjusting key parts of minority tools (ie resubmitting the bill). (Moderates are also trying to change this situation

It caused some major bill headaches during the procedural voting)

: Freshman Lauren Bobert (R-Colo.) publicly announced that she intends to carry the Glock pistol to work, which is the main purpose of her rebellion campaign for Congress. But Monday’s remarks caught the attention of Washington DC Police Chief Robert Contee III. Robert Contee III intends to get in touch with her office and make sure she understands the strict rules in the area. Gun ownership law. Kyle has the following details:

Rep. Jamie Ruskin (MD) and his wife Sarah Bloom Raskin announced last week that their son "Tommy" Bruce Ruskin (Tommy) Bloom Raskin passed away at the beginning of the new year. On Monday, the Ruskins paid tribute to Tommy, who committed suicide due to depression:

, Perfect soul, violent cruel sense of humor and dazzling radiance. "

"He began to suffer from a painful, merciless'depression' in the late 20s.... Although he has a very good doctor and hundreds of caring family and friendship networks, His brain tortured him mercilessly. Whoever loved him, and he loved him, the pain finally overwhelmed our dear boy, this young man is full of hope for the broken world.

pay tribute:

Remember the national suicide prevention lifeline, especially if you or anyone you know is struggling: 800-273-8255

Is the new communications director of Rep. Cori Bush. Nlewedim previously served as the director of digital for the House Appropriations Committee.

Now press secretary/digital director of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Now he is the dispatcher of Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.). She was previously a war room analyst for the Trump campaign.

It is now the COS of Representative Rashida Tlaib. She was previously the director of the Environmental Subcommittee of the Supervision and Reform Commission.

Has been promoted to COS of Representative Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.). He was most recently the head of legislation for Hayes.

Has been promoted to Chief of Staff of Representative Terry Sewell (D.Ala.). She was recently the legislative director of Sewell.

Senator Rob Portman (Ohio), the Supreme R Senator of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today announced that his senior staff:

Will serve as staff director,

As the Chief Legal Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff,

Served as Director of Government Affairs and General Counsel for Senators

As the director of the Department of Homeland Security, and

As the communications director.

Meeting at noon to review legislation such as the "Congressional Budget Reasonability Transparency Act of 2021" and the "Inspector General Protection Act"

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The meeting adjourned to 12:30 noon on Wednesday.

Weekly pen and memo pad with reporters via conference call at 11 am

At a video press conference held at 2:30 pm, the introduction of the "Health Forces, Resilience and Work to Fight COVID-19 Act" was discussed, which aims to "help the country's backward vaccine distribution campaign."

Stefani Koorey was the first to speculate that the White House New Year’s reception began

1802 under President John Adams.

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