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With Electoral College Vote, More Republicans Recognize Biden As President-Elect

A new wave of senators are finally acknowledging what has been clear for weeks: that Joe Biden is president-elect. Even with the formal affirmation of the election outcome, many holdouts remain.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, pictured at the Capitol on Friday, acknowledged Monday that the Electoral College confirms Joe Biden as president-elect. Several Republicans had held out on doing so until now.

With the Electoral College votes now complete, a new wave of Senate Republicans are acknowledging what's been clear for weeks: Joe Biden is the president-elect.

In the days after the Nov. 3 election, only a — mostly moderates — recognized the win for Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Since then, many of the chamber's

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