Have they learned their lesson? Alabama 国会議員s pass 法案 to end 上院 special 選挙s after Roy Moore fiasco

  • Alabama's 衆議院 passed a 法案 Tuesday that would 修正する a 法律 on how U.S. 上院 vacancies are filled
  • If the 法律制定 passes the 明言する／公表する 上院, there would be no more special 選挙s, which is how Democratic Sen. Doug Jones was elected last month?
  • Instead 上院議員s 任命するd by Alabama's 知事 would stay in office until the next 総選挙 cycle?
  • The 法案 passed the 明言する／公表する House on a strict party-line 投票（する）, with 共和国の／共和党のs arguing the move was to save taxpayer money?
  • It could also save the GOP 未来 当惑 after 候補者 Roy Moore, an （刑事）被告 pedophile, 辞退するd to 減少（する） out of the race, 許すing Jones to 勝利，勝つ

By NIKKI SCHWAB, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

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Alabama's 衆議院 passed a 法案 Tuesday that would end special 選挙s for the U.S. 上院, thus 妨げるing another Roy Moore debacle.

The 法律制定 passed on a strict party-line 投票（する）, 67-31, with House 共和国の／共和党のs arguing that the move was to save taxpayer dollars.?

It could also save the party some 直面する in the 未来, after last month's 上院 special 選挙 gave 民主党員s their first U.S. 上院 seat in Alabama in 31 years.?

Democrat Doug Jones is sworn in to the U.S. Senate on January 3. Republicans in Alabama's state House have voted in favor of a bill that would end special elections for open Senate seats, instead allowing appointed candidates to stay on through the next general election?

民主党員 Doug Jones is sworn in to the U.S. 上院 on January 3. 共和国の／共和党のs in Alabama's 明言する／公表する House have 投票（する）d in 好意 of a 法案 that would end special 選挙s for open 上院 seats, instead 許すing 任命するd 候補者s to stay on through the next 総選挙?

Republican Senate hopeful Roy Moore lost the December 12 special election to Democrat Doug Jones, an embarrassment that the GOP can avoid in the future if a bill passes the state Senate barring special elections for U.S. Senate vacancies ?

共和国の／共和党の 上院 希望に満ちた Roy Moore lost the December 12 special 選挙 to 民主党員 Doug Jones, an 当惑 that the GOP can 避ける in the 未来 if a 法案 passes the 明言する／公表する 上院 barring special 選挙s for U.S. 上院 vacancies ?

The new 法律, if passed by Alabama's 明言する／公表する 上院, would 許す the 知事's 選ぶ for a U.S. 上院 vacancy to stay in place until the next 総選挙.?

During 選挙 years, like this one, if the?候補者 qualifying period has already 開始するd than the 任命するd 上院議員's seat wouldn't be on the 投票（する） until the next cycle, in this 事例／患者 2020, によれば AL.com.?

明言する／公表する Rep. Steve Clouse, a 共和国の／共和党の member for Ozark, Alabama, told his fellow 国会議員s that the special 選挙 cost the 明言する／公表する's taxpayers $11 million.?

He also rebutted 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s that he was 押し進めるing the 法律制定 to 避ける 未来 当惑, 公式文書，認めるing how he had first sponsored the 法案 in August.?

Alabama's 上院 race was one for the ages, costing 共和国の／共和党のs 司法長官 Jeff 開会／開廷／会期s' former 上院 seat thanks to a mixture of political miscalculation, populism and pedophilia 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s.?

Moore, a former 明言する／公表する 最高裁判所 裁判官 who was twice 除去するd from the position, 軍隊d a run-off GOP 最初の／主要な race against the 任命するd Sen. Luther Strange, 結局 倒れるing him.?

Republican Roy Moore (right) seen heading to his polling location on election day with his horse Sassy (left), lost the race to Democrat Doug Jones after pedophilia accusations came out. Moore denied the claims and stayed on the ballot in the race?

共和国の／共和党の Roy Moore (権利) seen 長，率いるing to his 投票ing 場所 on 選挙 day with his horse Sassy (left), lost the race to 民主党員 Doug Jones after pedophilia 告訴，告発s （機の）カム out. Moore 否定するd the （人命などを）奪う，主張するs and stayed on the 投票（する） in the race?

Moore was then on the 投票（する） against 民主党員 Doug Jones, known for 起訴するing two Ku Klux Klan members 責任がある the 1963 Birmingham church 爆破, which killed four African-American girls.?

In November, a little more than a month before Alabama 投票者s would 長，率いる to the 投票s, the Washington 地位，任命する broke a story 詳細（に述べる）ing how Moore preyed on teenage girls when he was a bachelor in his 30s.?

When more 犠牲者s （機の）カム 今後 the 告訴，告発s 範囲d from 性の 強襲，強姦 to 不適切な flirt ation with women who were 老年の 16 to 22 at the time.?

Moore, throughout the entire 選挙 cycle, 抗議するd that he never did the things the women （人命などを）奪う，主張するd.

That led to him staying on the 投票（する）, にもかかわらず a number of 最高の，を越す-tier 共和国の／共和党のs telling him to pull out of the race.

On the 国家の level, the race exposed a 不和 between 大統領 Donald Trump and his ex-長，指導者 Strategist Steve Bannon.?

にもかかわらず the predator 告訴，告発s, Bannon stuck by Moore's 味方する ? even hosting a raucous 選挙 night eve 決起大会／結集させる for the 共和国の／共和党の 候補者 with popular 人物／姿／数字s on the 権利 含むing 郡保安官 David Clarke and Rep. Louie Gohmert, a 共和国の／共和党の from Texas.?

Trump 結局 （機の）カム around and put his 負わせる behind Moore too.?

However, when Moore lost ? though 辞退するd to 譲歩する ? Trump tweeted that he 'was 権利' to 最初 支援する Strange, because the ex-裁判官 couldn't 勝利，勝つ.?

The 大統領，／社長 also called Jones to congratulate the 民主党員 for winning the race.??

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