🏛️ Congressional Accountability - October 28, 2024
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Congressional Accountability - News Briefs - October 28, 2024
The House will not decide who wins the election. Stop worrying.
The Washington Post By Michael C. Dorf, Laurence H. Tribe, Neal H. Buchanan
Neil H. Buchanan is a visiting professor at the University of Toronto, Michael C. Dorf is the Robert S. Stevens professor at Cornell Law School and Laurence H. Tribe is the Carl M. Loeb University professor emeritus at Harvard Law School. Donald Trump and his backers have given the country many terrifying scenarios to worry about in this presidential election.
Democrats fight for House control: 7 Republicans they’re looking to oust
The Hill By Mike Lillis, Emily Brooks
Democrats are battling to flip control of the House at the polls next week, eyeing gains in battleground districts from coast to coast in an effort to win back the Speaker’s gavel after two years in the minority wilderness. The fight for control of the lower chamber remains neck and neck, and campaign handicappers say the gavel is still up for grabs with just eight days left before Election Day. Both parties concede the contest could tip either way.
Republicans look to pad House majority: Seven seats they think they’ll flip
The Hill By Mike Lillis, Emily Brooks
House Republicans are charging into Election Day with high hopes of padding their majority in the next Congress. The fight to control the lower chamber remains too close to call in the final sprint to Nov. 5 — and campaign operatives in both parties acknowledge the 11th-hour uncertainty. Republicans got a small boost from state redistricting, which is expected to net them one additional House seat next year.
In their own words: What it's like in a 'chaos' Congress and why these lawmakers keep coming back
ABC News By Lisa Mascaro, Mike Pesoli
Polarizing. Challenging. A lot of wasted time. That’s how six lawmakers described what it is like being in the U.S. House — a particularly tumultuous period in American history that has brought governing to a standstill, placed their lives in danger and raised fundamental questions about what it means to be a representative in a divided democracy. And yet, they keep at it, running for reelection.
In solving one Trump threat to the presidential transition, Congress may have created another
Politico By Alice Ollstein
Declining access to government office space, email addresses and cybersecurity resources would make a potential Trump transition team more vulnerable to hacking or foreign surveillance. A person holds a sign supporting President Donald Trump as they take part in a protest on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Washington, against the counting of electoral votes in Washington, D.C., affirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
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