Bipartisan Lawmakers Push Colleagues to Accept Midterm Results

Members of Congress Are Signing a Pledge to Actually Seat Election Winners Amid Post-Midterm Crisis Fears

Democratic and Republican House lawmakers are seeking signatures on a pledge to seat every certified midterm winner, although election law experts say efforts to block them are unlikely.

These lawmakers want to head off a potential post-election crisis

A bipartisan effort is underway in Congress to avert a constitutional crisis, where Republicans don't seat Democrats, if they win the chamber.

Bipartisan Move Seeks Pledge to Honor Midterm Results

A Congressman wants his colleagues to pledge to accept election results

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.Y., on a bipartisan pledge he is co-leading to assure that fellow House members accept midterm elections results.

Bipartisan lawmakers push colleagues to accept midterm results

A pair of bipartisan lawmakers is urging House colleagues to accept the outcome of November’s elections, whichever side wins.  The campaign arrives as President Trump and some of his Republican allies are claiming, without evidence, that the elections are “rigged” in favor of Democrats. In a letter still being circulated on Capitol Hill, Reps. Josh…

GOP rebels plead with colleagues to promise midterm loss won’t lead to another coup

A handful of House Republicans are teaming with Democrats to get their colleagues to vow they won't block midterm winners from taking their seats.Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) are seeking signatures on a public letter committing House members to honor the results of the November 3 election, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The push comes as Democrats and Republicans critical of President Donald Trump grow uneas…