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Pelosi To Seat GOP Congresswoman-Elect Who Won By Six Votes On Provisional Basis, Says Spokesperson

Eric Quintanar
Pelosi To Seat GOP Congresswoman-Elect Who Won By Six Votes On Provisional Basis, Says Spokesperson
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A spokesperson for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Wednesday that the leader of the House Democrats plans to seat Congresswoman-elect Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), who officially beat a Democratic congressional candidate in Iowa by six votes, on a provisional basis.

“Every vote counts and that’s why the Committee on House Administration is conducting a thorough and fair review of this election to make sure every vote was counted and counted as cast,” Drew Hammil, a spokesperson for Pelosi told Politico on Wednesday. “Pending the outcome of the Committee’s review and consistent with House practice, we intend to provisionally seat the Republican candidate on Sunday.”

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