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New Dem Bill Aims to Eliminate Electoral College
A bill to eliminate the Electoral College was introduced by a member of the Democratic Party on Thursday night.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) put forward the proposal on the first night of the 116th Congress, as his party officially took control of the House.
A number of high-profile Democrats have been highly critical of the Electoral College, which cost Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.
Clinton won 65.8 million votes but President Donald Trump won the race for the White House as he bagged 304 electoral votes to Clinton’s 227, despite losing the popular vote.
"In two presidential elections since 2000, including the most recent one in which Hillary Clinton won 2.8 million more votes than her opponent, the winner of the popular vote did not win the election because of the distorting effect of the outdated Electoral College," Cohen said in his statement, as reported by The Hill.
"Americans expect and deserve the winner of the popular vote to win office.
"More than a century ago, we amended our Constitution to provide for the direct election of U.S. senators. It is past time to directly elect our president and vice president.”
Cohen, who has been a vocal critic of President Trump in the past, also tabled a second constitutional amendment, aimed at preventing the president from pardoning himself or any of his family members.
In June, Trump argued it was within his rights to pardon himself, though he insisted he had no reasons to do so as he had never broken the law.
"As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?” he tweeted.
A month later, Cohen told CNN that he believed Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, would both be indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller.
“I think they’re getting closer to knowing that the truth is going to come out that there were activities with the Trump campaign and Russia in releasing those hacks and guiding them to the states and the localities where they came from,” he said.
Cohen, however, did not offer any evidence for his assertion as to why Mueller would be close to indicting Trump and Kushner.
Upon presenting the bill on Thursday, the Democrat insisted presidents should not be allowed to pardon themselves.
“Presidents should not pardon themselves, their families, their administration or campaign staff," he said in a statement. "This constitutional amendment would expressly prohibit this and any future president, from abusing the pardon power.”
Neither bill is likely to pass, as they would have to win support in two-thirds of both houses of Congress, before being ratified by 75 percent of the states.
New Dem Bill Aims to Eliminate Electoral College
A bill to eliminate the Electoral College was introduced by a member of the Democratic Party on Thursday night.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) put forward the proposal on the first night of the 116th Congress, as his party officially took control of the House.
A number of high-profile Democrats have been highly critical of the Electoral College, which cost Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.
Clinton won 65.8 million votes but President Donald Trump won the race for the White House as he bagged 304 electoral votes to Clinton’s 227, despite losing the popular vote.
"In two presidential elections since 2000, including the most recent one in which Hillary Clinton won 2.8 million more votes than her opponent, the winner of the popular vote did not win the election because of the distorting effect of the outdated Electoral College," Cohen said in his statement, as reported by The Hill.
"Americans expect and deserve the winner of the popular vote to win office.
"More than a century ago, we amended our Constitution to provide for the direct election of U.S. senators. It is past time to directly elect our president and vice president.”
Cohen, who has been a vocal critic of President Trump in the past, also tabled a second constitutional amendment, aimed at preventing the president from pardoning himself or any of his family members.
In June, Trump argued it was within his rights to pardon himself, though he insisted he had no reasons to do so as he had never broken the law.
"As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?” he tweeted.
A month later, Cohen told CNN that he believed Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, would both be indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller.
“I think they’re getting closer to knowing that the truth is going to come out that there were activities with the Trump campaign and Russia in releasing those hacks and guiding them to the states and the localities where they came from,” he said.
Cohen, however, did not offer any evidence for his assertion as to why Mueller would be close to indicting Trump and Kushner.
Upon presenting the bill on Thursday, the Democrat insisted presidents should not be allowed to pardon themselves.
“Presidents should not pardon themselves, their families, their administration or campaign staff," he said in a statement. "This constitutional amendment would expressly prohibit this and any future president, from abusing the pardon power.”
Neither bill is likely to pass, as they would have to win support in two-thirds of both houses of Congress, before being ratified by 75 percent of the states.
IP360
Doctorate & Ph.D in Bootyology
Muthafucca only doin this to appease Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh since they criticized him.
TheNightKing
J.A.P.A.N.
Though I'm a Democrat and it would benefit us, I don't know about eliminating the electoral college. Basically all of the voting power will go to the big cities that have very different views from those in rural areas. I want all Americans' votes to count and doing away with the electoral college will silence a lot of them.
Maybe redistribute the number of electoral college votes by state instead.
Maybe redistribute the number of electoral college votes by state instead.
Dwayne
Not Like Us
if its 100 ppl and 60% of them live in one stated and the other 40% lives in 4 different states so 10% per state
The most votes should win regardless if they all live in one place. That how voting should always be
Rubato
it only matters to us
Every individual citizen’s vote should count equally. Aren’t we supposed to be “created equal?”
I don't understand any voting system that doesn’t look to accomplish this.