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Electoral College Vote Count (video)
youtube.com - 1/8/2009
Electoral College Vote Count (video)
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The House reconvened at 1:00 pm EST today for a Joint Session with the Senate to count and certify the Electoral College Ballots. The Vice President handed t...
cqpolitics.com - 1/8/2009
It’s Official, Finally: Congress to Count Obama’s Electoral College Victory
— cqpolitics.com — CQ TODAY PRINT EDITION – EXECUTIVE BRANCH Jan. 7, 2009 – 7:37 p.m. It’s Official, Finally: Congress... to Count Obama’s Electoral College Victory By Bart Jansen, CQ Staff Congress will count the Electoral College votes for president and vice president ... (more) It’s Official, Finally: Congress to Count Obama’s ...

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time.com - 1/8/2009
Congress Meets to Count Electoral Votes
— time.com — The House and Senate are coming together in a centuries-old tradition to count the electoral votes from... the November election and formally declare that Barack Obama will be the 44th president of the United States (more) Congress Meets to Count Electoral Votes

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Oliver Willis:  Video: The House Certifies The Electoral College

Firedoglake:  And the Winner is. . . .

Political Animal:  Thursday's Mini-Report

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Video: The House Certifies The Electoral College
Oliver Willis — History. The key moment is 24:12, from Dick Cheney’s lips.

And the Winner is. . . .
Firedoglake — "Democracy" at work, everyone. Just as the founders intended. Yes, it is a tad long, but after two years, what’s 28 minutes more? Besides, it’s worth it just to savor the schadenfreude sundae at the end when Vice President Cankles has to read the results. If you are ...

Thursday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — THURSDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Ugh : "The U.N. suspended aid shipments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and the Red Cross restricted its convoys after their trucks came under Israeli fire. The threat of a wider conflict arose when militants in Lebanon fired two rockets into northern Israel." * Muqtada al-Sadr wants " revenge operations " against U.S. forces in Iraq as punishment for U.S. support for Israel. * This may be an encouraging development: "Senate leaders won the support of Citigroup, one of the nation's largest banks, for legislation allowing bankruptcy judges to modify the terms of troubled ...

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