Where GOP senators object to electoral college votes

Washington – The joint session of Congress to be held on Wednesday to count and certify electoral college votes will be marked by high drama as Republicans in the House and Senate have pledged to challenge the results of several battlefield states.

A group of at least 12 Republican senators have said they, along with more than 100 GOP House members, will object to the electoral votes being cast in major states, accusing their elections to be fraudulent despite no widespread evidence. But as the joint session approaches, a growing number of Republican senators are breaking with their peers and intending not to face their challenges.

According to the constitution, the event was perfunctory in the past – in 2017, the process of reading and counting electoral votes took 41 minutes, and in 2013, the joint session lasted just 23 minutes, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service.

While the objections will not change the outcome of the election, it will extend the process by which Congress confirms President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. When the House and Senate part ways to debate and vote on an objection, they have up to two hours to consider it, meaning the joint session will likely last well into the night.

The joint session is typically a formality, but this year’s event will force Republicans to decide whether to support President Trump in his efforts to reverse the election outcome or maintain the votes of millions of Americans.

Here are the Republican senators from Monday morning:

Resist electoral vote counting

  1. Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee
  2. Mike Braun from Indiana
  3. Ted Cruz from Texas
  4. Steve Daines from Montana
  5. Bill Hagerty from Tennessee
  6. Josh Hawley from Missouri
  7. Ron Johnson from Wisconsin
  8. John Kennedy of Louisiana
  9. James Lankford of Oklahoma
  10. Cynthia Lummis from Wyoming
  11. Roger Marshall from Kansas
  12. Tommy Tuberville from Alabama

Support electoral vote counting

  1. Roy Blunt from Missouri
  2. Richard Burr from North Carolina
  3. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
  4. Bill Cassidy from Louisiana
  5. Kevin Cramer from North Dakota
  6. Susan Collins from Maine
  7. John Cornyn of Texas
  8. Tom Cotton from Arkansas
  9. Lisa Murkowski from Alaska
  10. Mitt Romney from Utah
  11. Ben Sasse from Nebraska
  12. Richard Shelby from Alabama
  13. John Thune from South Dakota
  14. Pat Toomey from Pennsylvania
  15. Roger Wicker from Mississippi

Unknown / unclear

Senate Leader Mitch McConnell – Earlier, Republican members discouraged over objection, and last week called the upcoming vote “the most consistent vote” he will cast.

  1. John Barrasso of Wyoming
  2. John Boozman from Arkansas
  3. Mike Crapo from Idaho
  4. Joni Ernst from Iowa
  5. Deb Fischer from Nebraska
  6. Lindsey Graham from South Carolina
  7. Chuck Grassley from Iowa
  8. John Hoeven from North Dakota
  9. Cindy Hyde-Smith from Mississippi
  10. Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma
  11. Mike Lee from Utah
  12. Kelly Loeffler from Georgia
  13. Jerry Moran from Kansas
  14. Rand Paul from Kentucky
  15. Rob Portman from Ohio
  16. Jim Risch from Idaho
  17. Mike Rounds from South Dakota
  18. Marco Rubio from Florida
  19. Rick Scott from Florida
  20. Tim Scott from South Carolina
  21. And Sullivan from Alaska
  22. Thom Tillis from North Carolina
  23. Todd Young from Indiana

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