SCOOP: The Jan. 6 committee is privately split over what actions to take after the public hearings. Some members want big changes on voting rights — and even to abolish the Electoral College — while others are resisting those sweeping proposals.
The House's Jan. 6 committee has split behind the scenes over what actions to take after the public hearings: Some members want big changes on voting rights — and even to abolish the Electoral College — while others are resisting proposals to overhaul the U.S. election system, Axios has learned.Televised hearings begin Thursday night.
"Liz is much more conservative, as far as what kinds of changes she wants to see done," said a source with direct knowledge of their conversations.Committee members know it's going to be extremely hard to get unanimous agreement on the legislative recommendations in their final report. So they've deferredThey've focused instead on completing the investigation and preparing for the public hearings beginning Thursday at 8pm ET.
Trump and some of his lawyers, including Rudy Giuliani, pressured Republican lawmakers in closely contested states to send alternate slates of electors to Washington, in their failed effort to overturn Joe Biden's victory.its credibility if it pushes for radical changes like abolishing the Electoral College, according to a source with direct knowledge.
He has been an outspoken supporter of the Democratic Party's major voting rights bills — the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. But in internal committee conversations, Raskin's colleagues haven't been as vocal as he has in advocating for the most sweeping reforms. Murphy has also argued the committee should explore strengthening sentencing and punishment for seditious conspiracy and insurrection.
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