Mitch McConnell is actually known for his cautious actions.

On Tuesday, however, the minority leader in the US Senate dared an attack.

The Republican decided to support an electoral reform that should help avoid a crisis like the one on January 6, 2021 in the future.

Majid Sattar

Political correspondent for North America based in Washington.

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The reform of the "Electoral Count Act", which goes back to a cross-party initiative by Republican Senator Susan Collins and Democrat Joe Manchin, is intended to clarify that the Vice President's role in notarizing the results of the Electoral College is only a ceremonial one.

In addition, the hurdles for Congress to appeal the results of individual states are to be increased.

According to the project, one-fifth of the senators and members of the House of Representatives will be required to object.

So far, an objection has been sufficient from one senator and one member of parliament.

The electoral reform, which is expected to be voted on in the end of the legislative period after the congressional elections on November 8th, is the first concrete legislative consequence of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, which was sent by the outgoing President Donald Trump.

That should put pressure on Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress to deny Joe Biden the election victory.

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At its core, the bill is "common sense," McConnell said Tuesday.

The Senate Rules Committee had previously made minor changes to the draft.

McConnell emphasized that he supports the draft in its new form - but not the more extensive draft that was passed in the House of Representatives last week.

McConnell, who is followed by several Republicans, allows the Senate to deal with the bill.

It is effectively a challenge to Trump, who has announced that after the congressional elections he will ensure that the faction leader is removed for failing to help him stay in power after the 2020 presidential election.

McConnell also accepts the conflict with Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader in the first chamber.

After the election, he wants to become speaker of the House of Representatives – and for that he needs the support of his parliamentary group's Trump wing.

Shortly before McConnell announced his support for ballot reform, the special committee investigating the storming of the Capitol said it would postpone its meeting scheduled for Wednesday.

The reason given by the Chairman and Vice-Chairman was the approaching hurricane "Ian".

"We pray for the safety of all who find themselves in the path of the storm," said Democrat Bennie Thompson and Republican Liz Cheney.

The investigative committee's investigations continued.

A new date will be announced soon.

The hurricane that raged across Cuba on Tuesday and was then expected to hit Florida is actually attracting everyone's attention right now.

Thompson and Cheney may not only have been concerned about Florida citizens (and their airtime).

There are differences in the panel about how the grand finale of the investigation should be designed.

In both political camps it is expected that the Democrats will lose their majority in the first chamber in November.

After the constitution of the new Congress in January, everyone is expected that the Republicans will dissolve the committee.

So the board is running out of time.

Thompson and Cheney recently disagreed over whether the committee should convene for its final public meeting now.

In addition, it is still disputed whether the nine MPs should not only submit a final report, but also formally request the Justice Department to bring charges against Trump.

Finally, there is a series of subpoenas.

Here, too, it is debatable whether one should insist and legally enforce their statement - e.

It's mainly about some members of Congress who are accused of having supported Trump's attempted coup.

The Committee has gained some time to clarify these issues.

The processing of January 6, 2021 has long since passed to the judiciary - as the investigations in Georgia and the FBI investigation in Mar-a-Lago show.