Liz Cheney and Zoe Lofgren to propose bill to stop another January 6 attack

Additionally, Cheney and Lofgren said they wanted to empower presidential candidates to sue any local-level officials who try to hold up sending election results to Congress for certification. And the pair wanted to limit the grounds on which members of Congress can protest against slates of electors, requiring one-third approval from both chambers for any objections to be considered and a majority to be sustained.

The Senate, for its part, is engaged in government funding negotiations as a 30 September deadline approaches.

In June, Lofgren won her party primary and is set to face Republican challenger Peter Hernandez during the 8 November midterm elections.