13 | | - | To provide for the counting on January 6, 2025, of the |
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14 | | - | electoral votes for President and Vice President of the |
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15 | | - | United States. |
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16 | | - | Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 1 |
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17 | | - | concurring), That the two Houses of Congress shall meet 2 |
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18 | | - | in the Hall of the House of Represenatives on Monday, 3 |
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19 | | - | the 6th day of January 2025, at 1 o’clock post meridian, 4 |
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20 | | - | pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and laws 5 |
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21 | | - | relating to the election of President and Vice President 6 |
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22 | | - | of the United States, and the President of the Senate shall 7 |
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23 | | - | be their Presiding Officer; that two tellers shall be pre-8 |
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24 | | - | viously appointed by the President of the Senate on the 9 |
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25 | | - | part of the Senate and two by the Speaker on the part 10 |
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29 | | - | of the House of Represenatatives, to whom shall be hand-1 |
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30 | | - | ed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, 2 |
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31 | | - | all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates 3 |
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32 | | - | of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall 4 |
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33 | | - | be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical 5 |
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34 | | - | order of the States, beginning with the letter ‘‘A’’; and 6 |
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35 | | - | said tellers, having then read the same in the presence 7 |
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36 | | - | and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the 8 |
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37 | | - | votes as they shall appear from said certificates; and the 9 |
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38 | | - | votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner 10 |
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39 | | - | and according to the rules by law provided, the result of 11 |
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40 | | - | the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, 12 |
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41 | | - | who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which 13 |
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42 | | - | announcement shall be deemed a suffucient declaration of 14 |
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43 | | - | the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President 15 |
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44 | | - | of the United States, and together with a list of the votes, 16 |
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45 | | - | be entered on the Journals of the two Houses. 17 |
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| 9 | + | Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concur- |
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| 10 | + | ring), That the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall |
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| 11 | + | of the House of Representatives on Monday, the 6th day of January |
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| 12 | + | 2025, at 1 o’clock post meridian, pursuant to the requirements |
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| 13 | + | of the Constitution and laws relating to the election of President |
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| 14 | + | and Vice President of the United States, and the President of |
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| 15 | + | the Senate shall be their Presiding Officer; that two tellers shall |
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| 16 | + | be previously appointed by the President of the Senate on the |
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| 17 | + | part of the Senate and two by the Speaker on the part of the |
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| 18 | + | House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are |
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| 19 | + | opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and |
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| 20 | + | papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which |
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| 21 | + | certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon |
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| 22 | + | in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter |
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| 23 | + | ‘‘A’’; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence |
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| 24 | + | and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes |
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| 25 | + | as they shall appear from said certificates; and the votes having |
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| 26 | + | been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to |
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| 27 | + | the rules by law provided, the result of the same shall be delivered |
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| 28 | + | to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce |
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| 29 | + | the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a |
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| 30 | + | sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and S. Con. Res. 2—2 |
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| 31 | + | Vice President of the United States, and together with a list of |
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| 32 | + | the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses. |
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| 33 | + | Attest: |
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| 34 | + | Secretary of the Senate. |
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| 35 | + | Attest: |
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| 36 | + | Clerk of the House of Representatives. |
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