1 year after the deadly attack on the US Capitol, Congress is eying new laws to prevent future attempts to subvert democracy, with the goal of passing legislation this year.
is eying new laws to prevent future attempts to subvert democracy, with the goal of passing legislation this year.investigating the riot is considering"enhanced penalties" for presidential dereliction of duty, as Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., says it has evidence that former President Donald Trump sat idly by and watched the violence unfold on television.
Entering the new year, the committee faces a crucial stretch as it wrestles with how to handle reluctant witnesses and whether to subpoena members of Congress. The panel is bracing for its first public hearings in the coming weeks and months while facing pressure to wrap up and turn its legislative proposals into law by the midterm elections.
"One of the biggest things that has to be clarified is the vice president's role, which is not to make declarative decisions about whether or not to accept or reject results," Allred said.The proposals point to a core purpose of the committee's investigation: to provide legislative recommendations to Congress about how to prevent another attack and to secure democracy from what lawmakers and historians see as an existential threat.
Even so, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said:"I don't think we need to legislate that. We have those provisions pretty clear in our Constitution."'It's really frightening'
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