The United States Congress will meet today, Monday, 6th January, to finalising President-elect Donald Trump’s win ahead of his inauguration on 20th January.
It is a requirement of the US Electoral Act, requiring that Congress meet on 6th January, “succeeding every meeting of the electors” in a joint session to certify the results of the election.
According to the Act, Congress shall be in session “on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors.” The Act further states at what time lawmakers have to convene: Both chambers will meet on the House floor at 1 p.m. Eastern, reports The Washington Post.
The activities marking the certification are expected to be largely uneventful, following the 6th January, 2021, certification of President Joe Bide ‘s win, when a mob of Trump supporters staged a deadly assault in the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, the report by The Washington Post adds.
The joint session will be a significant moment because Vice President Kamala Harris will oversee the certification of her own loss. She is the outgoing president of the Senate and as such will preside over the count and announce Trump’s win.
