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Here's the details of what they're trying to change about the Insurrection Act via an amendment in the Defense bill (HR 6395, H.Amdt 833)
Bill source:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6395
Amendment source:
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/116th-congress/house-amendment/833?s=a&r=16
House explanatory text (pic related, pp. 304-305):
http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20201207/116hrpt617-JointExplanatoryStatement.pdf
Exactly. But this changes what the Insurrection Act is.
Under the IA, the President is the only one with the power to invoke. This is clearly stated in the US code.
They're essentially trying to overhaul the entire basis of the act by proxy, without amending the act itself.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/subtitle-A/part-I/chapter-13
Rep. Veronica Escobar is who introduced the amendment in the defense bill to undermine the insurrection act
Husband is Michael S. Pleters, an immigration judge appointed by Sessions
These two have a lot of skeletons