White House, top Dems apparently influenced by WaPo's Jennifer Rubin to push Electoral Count Act reform
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One of President Biden's biggest media cheerleaders may have helped advance legislation on Capitol Hill.
The ECA reform is set to bar a sitting vice president from single-handedly overturning electoral results that had already been certified on a state level, raise the number of lawmakers needed to protest state results and offer protection for election workers. According to Playbook, the group of senators drafting the legislation is also considering a "legal process" that would grant federal judges the ability to "quickly litigate any discrepancies about who won the state."
"Talks heated up after top Democrats from Biden to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have sent positive signals on ECA reform, after weeks downplaying the talks," Politico reported. "Group members have taken note and were particularly encouraged to see Jennifer Rubin — the WaPo opinion columnist known to be close with the Biden White House- appear to suggest ECA reform is worth pursuing after dismissing it just a few weeks ago."
In response to the Biden administration loosening key immigration restrictions, New York City Mayor Eric Adams sounded off on the federal government, saying that Americans are "fed up with our broken immigration system."
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A liberal professor of law at Yale University wrote a New York Times guest essay admitting that the lawfare used against President-elect Trump throughout his career has backfired.
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The person who will be nominated to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is expected to be announced in the coming days, sources tell Fox News Digital.