The 117th Congress begins today - maybe
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worthy moment:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/02/new-congress-live-updates/
7:00 PM

Rep. Chip Roy forces vote on seating House members from 6 battleground states where Trump falsely claimed vote was rigged

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) objected to the swearing-in of House members from the six battleground states where Trump has falsely claimed that the vote was rigged, forcing the House to vote on whether the lawmakers who shared the ballot with the president and won their races should take the oath.
Roy, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, opposes efforts by several House Republicans to object to Biden’s win when Congress counts the electoral college vote on Wednesday. In a statement earlier Sunday, he and several other Republicans argued that states determine the results of their elections, not Congress.

Roy objected to seating the House delegations from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, leading to a vote on authorizing the speaker to swear in members.

“It would confound reason if the presidential results of these states were to face objection while the congressional results of the same process escaped public scrutiny,” Roy said in a statement.
With his move, Roy ensured that Republicans who vowed to challenge Biden’s win will be on record certifying the election results in their own races in the six states, an acknowledgment that the elections were legitimate along with Biden’s wins.
The vote to authorize the speaker to swear in new members was 371 to 2.
