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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: robbie who wrote (86213)	11/24/2000 3:01:45 AM
From: DOUG H	Respond to of 769670

House leaders weigh options to discount electoral votes By Juliet Eilperin and Matthew Vita The Washington Post Nov. 23 — Amid escalating Republican attacks on the conduct of the Florida recount, senior House GOP leaders moved closer yesterday to endorsing a strategy to deny Vice President Gore the presidency should he win the state's 25 electoral votes. 'I will use every ounce of energy I have to deny the electors being seated if I believe the political will of the people was thwarted by the son of Mayor Daley of Chicago.' Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa. IN A SIGN of how GOP anger over the election is mounting, both House Majority Leader Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.) and House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) endorsed proposed legislation that would require state officials to include retroactively all military absentee ballots as part of the final vote. The measure is likely to come up for a vote next month, when Congress reconvenes for a lame-duck session. Although the proposal has little chance of passage, the fact that Republicans have begun contemplating legislative remedies to the controversy surrounding the presidential vote in Florida reflects the increasing bitterness within the GOP over the election. And it suggests a growing willingness by GOP lawmakers to consider intervening in the counting of electoral votes at a joint session of Congress on Jan. 5 should Gore emerge from the recount with Florida's crucial electors. In the clearest indication yet that House GOP leaders are contemplating blocking potential Gore electoral college votes, Armey said Republicans had the right to pass judgment on the votes' credibility if they conclude the Florida election was flawed. "We in the House must be aware of one fact: In the end, when the final analysis is brought to the House, it is our duty to accept or reject that," Armey told the Associated Press. "We need to be able to say we're confident the process was legal and compliant with the Constitution before we cast a vote to accept it." At the moment, Armey added, "It's a mess." Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) said nearly 100 House GOP members were united in expressing their "disgust" and "outrage" at Gore's tactics during a conference call yesterday with Karl Rove, Texas Gov. George W. Bush's chief political strategist. Someone's gonna have the final say.