The Jan. 6 select committee and the U.S. Senate are on a potential collision course over reforms to the Electoral Count Act — a law from 1887 that Trump tried to commandeer a year ago to return himself to office.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren sits with colleagues during a meeting of the Jan. 6 select committee. Photo: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Lofgren herself sits both on the Jan. 6 panel and chairs a separate House committee working on election reform. Among the changes under consideration is clarifying that the vice president's role is merely ceremonial — not empowered.as part of a broader array of recommendations that will follow its investigation and future public hearings.
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