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To: major-pelham
Does the old house elect or the new house?

Old.. because the new House won't have been sworn in yet.

19 posted on 11/04/2016 9:00:46 AM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: ScottinVA

Pretty sure it is the new. They’re sworn in at the beginning of January, and when the present process was put in place, the president didn’t take office until late March.


22 posted on 11/04/2016 9:02:27 AM PDT by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: ScottinVA
Does the old house elect or the new house?

Old.. because the new House won't have been sworn in yet.

The new Congress. Their term begins on Jan 3, the counting of electoral votes is on Jan 6.

30 posted on 11/04/2016 9:14:40 AM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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