Last step before Trump’s inauguration on January 20, this meeting was held, as required by law, under the chairmanship of the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harrisunsuccessful candidate in the November presidential election, in her capacity as president of the Senate.
Requirement of the federal lawthe meeting of Senate and the House of Representatives aims to count and ratify the 538 electoral votes certified by all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Having become a simple formality since the adoption in 2022 of a law which reduces the role of the President of the Senate to the sole act of counting in public the votes obtained by each candidatethe meeting went smoothly and without objections.
The only downside to this old constitutional act is a snowstorm which covered the federal capital with a blanket of snow almost 30 centimeters thick.
Ces weather conditions rough, which fell on several states in the center and east of the United States, caused the cancellation of hundreds of flightsand forced the authorities to order the closure of schools and federal administrations. They are expected to continue until Tuesday morning.
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