众议院共和党领导层周二表示，将正式鞭笞共和党成员投票反对两党法案该法案旨在改革总统选举人票的计票方法为了平息对白宫竞选结果的质疑。
众议院少数党党鞭史蒂夫·斯卡利斯的发言人。向美国广播公司证实，党的领导人将敦促共和党人反对该法案。周二早些时候，众议院多数党领袖Steny Hoyer，D-Md告诉记者，将于周三对该法案进行投票，该法案是由加利福尼亚州民主党众议员Zoe Lofgren和怀俄明州共和党众议员Liz Cheney起草的，他们是众议院委员会1月6日调查的两名主要成员。
“在他们继续专注于将联邦政府注入选举的过程中，这项立法与加强我们选举完整性所必需的改革背道而驰，”斯卡利斯办公室在解释领导层为什么希望共和党人投反对票的指导意见中说。
如果所有民主党人都支持该法案，它仍将在众议院获得通过，而民主党在众议院仅占微弱多数。
1月6日的委员会表示，该法案寻求改变已有135年历史的《选举计数法》(Electoral Count Act)，前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)及其盟友试图利用该法案推翻2020年总统竞选的结果。
除其他外，拟议的立法确认，副总统在每次选举后监督选举人团计数的作用只是礼仪性的——这是一项改革，以承认时任副总统迈克·彭斯在2021年1月6日面临的巨大压力，即拒绝维克多·乔·拜登的选举人名单。新法案还要求，在投票前，国会两院各有三分之一的议员支持对选举结果的异议，高于目前的门槛，即任何异议只需赢得一名众议员和一名参议员的支持，即可引发投票。
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise participates in the House Republican Conference news conference in the Capitol, Sept. 14, 2022.
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众议院法案还要求州长向国会提交州选举结果，并禁止选举官员不认证他们州的选举结果。
在两党会谈后，参议院也提出了类似的立法，其中包括弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员乔·曼钦和缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯。
这两个法案是相似的，尽管参议院立法设定了一个较低的门槛来引入对选举计票的异议。
目前还不清楚哪个提议能够获得更多的支持，但民主党人坚持认为某种选举法案应该提交到拜登总统的办公桌上。
“失败不是一个选项。我们必须把一项改革放在总统的办公桌上。我们必须保护民主。这是我们所有人的愿望，也是整个民主党核心小组的愿望。这就是1月6日委员会成员想要的。这是我们的重点，”加州民主党众议员、委员会成员皮特·阿吉拉尔(Pete Aguilar)周二上午告诉记者。“但是，你知道，在短期内，让我们看看哪个议院通过法案。我认为这很重要。”
House GOP leaders want their members to vote against election reform bill, claiming it's ineffective
House GOP leadership said Tuesday that it is formally whipping Republican members to vote against a bipartisan billthat seeks to reform the counting of presidential electoral votesin order to blunt challenges to the results of a White House race.
A spokesperson for House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., confirmed to ABC News that party leaders will press fellow Republicans to oppose the bill. Earlier Tuesday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters there would be a Wednesday vote on the bill, which was crafted by Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo, two leading members of the House committee investigating Jan. 6.
"In their continued fixation to inject the Federal government into elections, this legislation runs counter to reforms necessary to strengthen the integrity of our elections," Scalise's office said in guidance explaining why leadership wants Republicans to vote "no."
Should all Democrats back the bill, it would still pass the House, where the party has a narrow majority.
The bill seeks changes to the 135-year-old Electoral Count Act, which former President Donald Trump and his allies sought to use to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race, the Jan. 6 committee has said.
Among other things, the proposed legislation affirms that the vice president's role in overseeing the Electoral College count after each election is solely ceremonial -- a reform in recognition of the intense pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence was under on Jan. 6, 2021, to reject slates of electors for victor Joe Biden. The new bill also requires that one-third of lawmakers from each congressional chamber back an objection to the electoral results before a vote, up from the current threshold that requires any objection to win support from just one House member and one senator to trigger a vote.
The House bill also mandates that governors transmit state results to Congress and bars election officials from not certifying their state's election results.
Similar legislation was proposed in the Senate after bipartisan talks that included Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, and Susan Collins, R-Maine.
The two bills are similar, though the Senate legislation sets a lower threshold to introduce objections to the electoral count.
It's unclear which proposal will be able to garner more support, but Democrats are insistent that some kind of election bill make it to President Biden's desk.
"Failure is not an option. We've got to put a piece of reform on the president's desk. We've got to protect democracy. That's what all of us, that's what the entire Democratic caucus wants. That's what the Jan. 6 committee members want. That's our focus," Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif. and a member of the committee, told reporters Tuesday morning. "But, you know, in the short term, let's see which chambers pass bills. I think that's important."
