House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks during a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College votes. Image: Brehman Caroline/Pool/ABACA House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks during a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College votes.
Scores of Republican House Reps and 13 Senators had planned to object to the electoral votes of perhaps six states that backed Joe Biden. Other objections to results from Georgia, Michigan and Nevada fizzled without adequate support from senators. He has been pressuring Mike Pence to reject the election result using his power as US Vice President.
It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump “bears a great deal of the blame” for the actions of the mob, adding the events “did not happen spontaneously”.Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate overnight.
#Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to youMultiple Republican senators have reversed course and now say they will not object to congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.