SCONRES2
Reconsider tabled
A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2025, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.
- Federal
- Senate
- Introduced Jan 3, 2025
- Session 119
Bill Text
Version ENRThat the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Monday, the 6th day of January 2025, at 1 o'clock post meridian, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and laws relating to the election of President and Vice President of the United States, and the President of the Senate shall be their Presiding Officer; that two tellers shall be previously appointed by the President of the Senate on the part of the Senate and two by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter “A”; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules by law provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the United States, and together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses.
Legislative Timeline
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Introduced in Senate
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)
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Received in the House.
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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Considered as privileged matter.
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Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
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On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.