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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Joe Biden as the president-elect for the first time on Tuesday, more than a month after Mr. Biden won the presidential election. McConnell waited until the Electoral College formally voted to elect Mr. Biden on Monday, officially finalizing the election results. "Our country has, officially, a president-elect and a vice-president elect," McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor. "I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden." President Trump has refused to concede, even as dozens of lawsuits brought by his campaign challenging the outcome have failed, and the Supreme Court has twice declined to hear cases seeking to overturn the election results. The president continues to falsely insist that the election was rigged, promoting unfounded claims of voter fraud. More than 100 Republican members of the House endorsed one of the lawsuits rejected by the Supreme Court that sought to overturn the election results in four states. However, more congressional Republicans have begun acknowledging that Mr. Biden will be inaugurated on January 20. Senate Majority Whip John Thune, the second highest ranking Republican in the Senate, told reporters on Monday that it was time to "move on." "I understand there are people who feel strongly about the outcome of this election. But in the end at some point you have to face the music. And I think that once the Electoral College settles the issue today, it's time for everybody to move on," Thune said. Mr. Biden received 306 electoral votes to 232 for Mr. Trump. GOP Senator John Cornyn, a close ally of McConnell, told reporters on Monday that he believed it would be a "bad mistake" for Republican lawmakers to attempt to challenge the election outcome when Congress formally counts and certifies the results next year. "I think there comes a time when you have to realize that, despite your best efforts you've been unsuccessful, that's sort of the nature of these elections. You got to have a winner. You got to have a loser," Cornyn said. A wave of Republican lawmakers on Monday acknowledged Mr. Biden's victory. Senator Mike Braun said in a statement that "the Electoral College has cast their votes and selected Joe Biden as the President-elect." Senator Rob Portman similarly said that "the Electoral College vote today makes clear that Joe Biden is now President-Elect." Senator Shelley Moore Capito told reporters that it's "time to turn the page and begin a new administration." McConnell said in his speech on the Senate floor that he looks forward to "finishing our next 36 days strong with President Trump." Congress must pass an omnibus spending measure before government funding runs out on December 18, and lawmakers are also working on a coronavirus relief package, both of which would need to be signed by Mr. Trump to become law.
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एटलान्टा । राष्ट्रपति–निर्वाचित जो बाइडेनले अमेरिकी माथिल्लो सदन सिनेटमा बहुमत पु¥याउने अभियान मङ्गलबार थालनी गरेका छन् । रिपब्लीकन पार्टीको बहुमत रहेको सिनेटका नेता मिच म्याक्कोनेलले राष्ट्रपति निर्वाचनको परिणाम स्वीकार गरेलगत्तै बाइडेन सिनेटमा डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टीको बहुमत जुटाउने अभियानमा लागेका हुन् । सिनेटको दुई सदस्यका लागि जर्जिया राज्यमा आगामी जनवरी ५ मा चुनाव हुँदैछ । यो चुनावमा डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टीका उम्मेदवार विजयी भएमा सिनेटमा रिपब्लीकन र डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टी दुबैको समान ५०–५० स्थान हुनेछ । राष्ट्रपति चुनावमा जर्जिया राज्यमा बाइडेन विजयी भए पनि सिनेटका लागि उम्मेदवार रहेका डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टीका उम्मेदवारहरुले ५० प्रतिशत मत प्राप्त गरेका थिएनन् । त्यही कारण जर्जियामा दोस्रो चरणको मतदान हुन लागेको हो । बाइडेन चुनावी प्रचार र सभाहरुका लागि जर्जिया प्रस्थान गरेका छन् । जर्जियामा डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टीका तर्फबाट जन ओस्सोफ र राफेल वार्नोक उम्मेदवार बनेका छन् । यसअघि जर्जियाका दुबै स्थानमा रिपब्लीकन पार्टीका उम्मेदवार विजयी भएका थिए । राष्ट्रपति–निर्वाचित बाइडेनले भनेका छन्, “यी दुई व्यक्ति मलाई दिनुहोस्, हामी सिनेटमा नियन्त्रण गर्न सक्षम हुनेछौं ।” इलेक्टोरल कलेजले बाइडेन विजयी भएको घोषणा गरेलगत्तै सिनेटका लागि रिपब्लीकन र डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टीबीच तानातान शुरु भएको छ । यसैबीच बाइडेनले इन्डियानका पूर्व मेयर पिट बुटिजिगलाई यातायात मन्त्रालयको जिम्मेवारी दिएको घोषणा गरेका छन् । चुनावमा धाँधली भएको आरोप लगाउँदै आएका अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रम्पले आफ्नो हार अझै स्वीकारेका छैनन्, तर सिनेट रिपब्लीकनका नेता मिच म्याक्कोनेलले राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्पलाई एक सन्देश पठाई अब चुनावी दौड समाप्त भएको बताएका छैनन् । सिनेटको बैठकमा पनि म्याक्कोनेलले भने, “इलेक्टोरल कलेजले पनि बोलिसक्यो । त्यसैले आज म राष्ट्रपति–निर्वाचित जो बाइडेनलाई बधाई दिन चाहन्छु ।”