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When a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol building on
Wednesday, they forced an emergency recess in the Congressional proceedings to
officially certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. The
disruption came shortly after some Republican lawmakers made the first of a
planned series of highly unusual objections, based on spurious allegations of
widespread voter fraud, to states’ election results. The chambers were
separately debating an objection to Arizona’s results when proceedings were
halted and the Capitol was locked down.
When the Senate reconvened at 8 p.m., and the House of Representatives an hour
later, the proceedings — including the objection debates — continued, although
some lawmakers who had previously planned to vote with the objectors stood
down following the occupation of the Capitol. Plans to challenge a number of
states after Arizona were scrapped, as well — but one other objection, to
Pennsylvania’s results, also advanced to a vote. Here are the eight senators
and 139 representatives who voted to sustain one or both objections.