About the bill
This bill would mark the biggest correction to the process of counting since John-John corrected Herry Monster on Sesame Street.
Context: 2020–21
Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. He won by both 306–232 in the Electoral College and by 51.3% to 46.8% in the popular vote, a difference of roughly seven million votes.
During the subsequent two months between the election and its official certification in Congress, numerous attempts were made to change that result: by Donald Trump himself, by his legal team, by his Republican allies in Congress, and by thousands of his supporters during the violent insurrection upon the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 while Congress officially counted and certified the Electoral College results.
None of the Trump team’s …
Sponsor and status
117th Congress (2021–2023)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
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38 Cosponsors (21 Democrats, 15 Republicans, 2 Independents)
Position statements
History
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Sep 28, 2021
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Final Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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Jul 20, 2022
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Introduced
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Sep 27, 2022
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Ordered Reported
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Nov 15, 2022
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Dec 22, 2022
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Dec 23, 2022
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Final Bill —
House Agreed to Changes
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Dec 29, 2022
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2617 (117th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 4573 (117th). |
S. 4573 (117th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 4573. This is the one from the 117th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 117th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2021 to Jan 3, 2023. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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