Washington Post's Jacqueline Alemany and Brookings Institution Governance Studies Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds preview the 117th Congress and incoming Biden Administration.
Vice President Pence campaigns for the Georgia Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, both facing a runoff in their 2020 Senate races against Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock.
The Voter Protection Program held a briefing Monday morning regarding President Trump's call to Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger on Saturday, in which the President asked to overturn his defeat in the state. He is quoted, "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state."
President-elect Biden campaigns in Atlanta for Georgia Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, both facing a runoff in the state's U.S. Senate races.
Today's program looks at the Joe Biden & Mike Pence in Georgia for U.S. Senate candidates, President Trump's phone call on GA's electoral votes, and U.S. House rules changes. Interviews with Roll Call's Linsey McPherson and Wash Post's Amy Gardner.
Today's program looks at the Joe Biden & Mike Pence campaigning for Georgia U.S. Senate runoff candidates, President Trump's phone call trying to get Georgia to flip its electoral votes his way, and the U.S. House debates rules changes. Interviews with Roll Call's Linsey McPherson and Washington Post's Amy Gardner.
Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling (R) held a press conference to address claims of election fraud the day before the state's Senate runoff elections. Mr. Sterling disputed President Trump's accusations the Georgia presidential election results were incorrect, assured voters the Senate runoff elections would be secure, and warned voters not to "self-suppress your own vote." Responding to a question about a phone call between President Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), Mr. Sterling said, "I personally found it to be something that was not normal, out of place" and "nobody I know who would be president would do something like that to a Secretary of State."
In his address to the nation on the pandemic, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the alert level to 5 and announced a new nationwide lockdown in England, following a surge in coronavirus cases due to the mutated variant of the virus. After recommendations from the U.K.'s chief medical officers, the prime minister moved the COVID-19 alert level from four to five, a signal that health services and hospitals will become overwhelmed in the coming weeks. Prime Minister Johnson said it was "frustrating and alarming" to see the speed of the variant, now at 50-70 percent more transmissible in the country.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) held a news conference to address their legislative agenda. Chair Jeffries discussed the phone call President Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) regarding the 2020 presidential election, certification of the electoral college vote, and future coronavirus relief legislation.
President Trump speaks at a rally in Dalton, GA in support of Georgia Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, both facing a runoff election on Tuesday.
Today's program looks at the Joe Biden & Mike Pence campaigning for Georgia U.S. Senate runoff candidates, President Trump's phone call trying to get Georgia to flip its electoral votes his way, and the U.S. House debates rules changes. Interviews with Roll Call's Linsey McPherson and Washington Post's Amy Gardner.
President-elect Biden campaigns in Atlanta for Georgia Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, both facing a runoff in the state's U.S. Senate races.
Vice President Pence campaigns for the Georgia Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, both facing a runoff in their 2020 Senate races against Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock.
President Trump spoke at a rally in Dalton, GA in support of Georgia Republicans David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, both facing a runoff election in the two 2020 U.S. Senate races in Georgia. Sen. Perdue wasn't able to attend the rally because he continued to quarantine at home after coming into contact with a person who tested for COVID-19 less than a week prior. During his remarks, President Trump encouraged voters to get out to the polls to vote for the two Republican candidates, noting that a win for their Democratic challengers would hand control of the Senate to Democrats.
President-Elect Joe Biden campaigned for Democratic Georgia U.S. Senate candidates -- Jon Ossoff and Rev. Rafael Warnock -- in Atlanta. Both men faced runoff elections with the Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler -- on January 5, 2021 which will determine majority control of the U.S. Senate. President-Elect Biden talked about the importance of Georgians to get out and vote.
