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SCONRES2 • 119

A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2025, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2025, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

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Sponsor
Sen. John Thune (SD)
Last action
2025-01-03
Official status
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation includes details about the process of counting and announcing results which are implied but not explicitly stated in the provided official summary.

Resolution to Count Electoral Votes in 2025

This resolution sets a specific date and time for counting electoral votes for the next presidential election.

What This Bill Does

  • Sets January 6, 2025, as the day to count electoral votes for President and Vice President.
  • Requires that the count starts at 1:00 PM on this day.
  • Specifies that two tellers from each house of Congress will handle the certificates and papers with electoral votes.
  • Directs these tellers to read out loud all the electoral vote information in alphabetical order by state.
  • States that after counting, the results must be given to the President of the Senate.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of Congress
  • The President of the Senate
  • Tellers from both houses of Congress

Terms To Know

Tellers
People chosen to count and read out electoral votes.
Certificates and papers
Official documents that show how each state's electors voted for President and Vice President.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the date or time cannot be followed.
  • The resolution does not change how electors are chosen or how they vote.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-03 House floor actions

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  2. 2025-01-03 House floor actions

    On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-01-03 Library of Congress

    Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

  4. 2025-01-03 House floor actions

    Considered as privileged matter.

  5. 2025-01-03 Senate

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  6. 2025-01-03 House floor actions

    Received in the House.

  7. 2025-01-03 Senate

    Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)

  8. 2025-01-03 Library of Congress

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  9. 2025-01-03 Library of Congress

    Introduced in Senate

Official Summary Text

This concurrent resolution establishes the day, time, and manner for counting electoral votes for President and Vice President as January 6, 2025, at 1:00 pm. The concurrent resolution provides that the results of the count shall be delivered to the President of the Senate and entered on the journals of Congress.

Current Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. Con. Res. 2 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. CON. RES. 2

_______________________________________________________________________

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),
That the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of
Representatives on Monday, the 6th day of January 2025, at 1 o'clock
post meridian, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and
laws relating to the election of President and Vice President of the
United States, and the President of the Senate shall be their Presiding
Officer; that two tellers shall be previously appointed by the
President of the Senate on the part of the Senate and two by the
Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be
handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the
certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral
votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and
acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the
letter ``A''; and said tellers, having then read the same in the
presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes
as they shall appear from said certificates; and the votes having been
ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules by law
provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of
the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which
announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons,
if any, elected President and Vice President of the United States, and
together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the
two Houses.

Passed the Senate January 3, 2025.

Attest:

Secretary.
119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. CON. RES. 2

_______________________________________________________________________

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To provide for the counting on January 6, 2025, of the electoral votes
for President and Vice President of the United States.