Alabama Senate election winner due to be certified in late DecemberWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outcome of Alabama’s Dec. 12 U.S. Senate election probably will not be certified until Dec. 26 at the earliest, a state official said on Friday, making it unlikely the race will affect major year-end legislation in Congress including Republican tax cuts. Republicans hold a slim 52-48 majority in the Senate. A victory by Democrat Doug Jones over Republican Roy Moore, who is facing sexual misconduct allegations, in the Alabama race would cut that margin to 51-49, making it harder for President Donald Trump’s party to win congressional passage of major legislation. Lawmakers are due to take up legislation on government funding and immigration in December and also will try to pass a sweeping Republican tax cut bill ahead the Dec. 25 Christmas holiday. If the Alabama result is not certified until after Christmas, Republicans would have more time to get their legislative goals accomplished regardless of the Alabama contest’s outcome. John Bennett, chief of staff for the Alabama secretary of state, said the state’s 67 counties face a Dec. 22 deadline for officially reporting election results, but some are likely to miss it. Bennett said that would push the process back until after Christmas, making Dec. 26 the earliest possible date for certification. Once certified election results are available, a new senator would be sworn in during an open session of the Senate, according to Senate officials. With the Senate scheduled to be out the last week of December, the next open session would not be until early January.  politicsNews
alabama senate election winner due certified late decemberwashington reuters the outcome alabama senate election probably certified earliest state official said friday making unlikely race affect major legislation congress including republican tax cuts republicans hold slim majority senate a victory democrat doug jones republican roy moore facing sexual misconduct allegations alabama race would cut margin making harder president donald trump party win congressional passage major legislation lawmakers due take legislation government funding immigration december also try pass sweeping republican tax cut bill ahead christmas holiday if alabama result certified christmas republicans would time get legislative goals accomplished regardless alabama contest outcome john bennett chief staff alabama secretary state said state counties face deadline officially reporting election results likely miss bennett said would push process back christmas making earliest possible date certification once certified election results available new senator would sworn open session senate according senate officials with senate scheduled last week december next open session would early january politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Alabama Senate election winner due to be certified in late DecemberWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outcome of Alabama’s Dec. 12 U.S. Senate election probably will not be certified until Dec. 26 at the earliest, a state official said on Friday, making it unlikely the race will affect major year-end legislation in Congress including Republican tax cuts. Republicans hold a slim 52-48 majority in the Senate. A victory by Democrat Doug Jones over Republican Roy Moore, who is facing sexual misconduct allegations, in the Alabama race would cut that margin to 51-49, making it harder for President Donald Trump’s party to win congressional passage of major legislation. Lawmakers are due to take up legislation on government funding and immigration in December and also will try to pass a sweeping Republican tax cut bill ahead the Dec. 25 Christmas holiday. If the Alabama result is not certified until after Christmas, Republicans would have more time to get their legislative goals accomplished regardless of the Alabama contest’s outcome. John Bennett, chief of staff for the Alabama secretary of state, said the state’s 67 counties face a Dec. 22 deadline for officially reporting election results, but some are likely to miss it. Bennett said that would push the process back until after Christmas, making Dec. 26 the earliest possible date for certification. Once certified election results are available, a new senator would be sworn in during an open session of the Senate, according to Senate officials. With the Senate scheduled to be out the last week of December, the next open session would not be until early January.  politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: alabama senate election winner due certified late decemberwashington reuters the outcome alabama senate election probably certified earliest state official said friday making unlikely race affect major legislation congress including republican tax cuts republicans hold slim majority senate a victory democrat doug jones republican roy moore facing sexual misconduct allegations alabama race would cut margin making harder president donald trump party win congressional passage major legislation lawmakers due take legislation government funding immigration december also try pass sweeping republican tax cut bill ahead christmas holiday if alabama result certified christmas republicans would time get legislative goals accomplished regardless alabama contest outcome john bennett chief staff alabama secretary state said state counties face deadline officially reporting election results likely miss bennett said would push process back christmas making earliest possible date certification once certified election results available new senator would sworn open session senate according senate officials with senate scheduled last week december next open session would early january politicsnews