Congressional Record/Volume 167/Issue 4/Senate/Counting of Electoral Ballots
JOINT SESSION OF THE TWO HOUSES—COUNTING OF ELECTORAL BALLOTS
The Presiding Officer. Under the provisions of S. Con. Res. 1, the Senate will now proceed as a body to the Hall of the House of Representatives for the counting of the electoral ballots.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:51 p.m., preceded by the Secretary of the Senate, Julie E. Adams, and the Deputy Sergeant at Arms, Jennifer Hemingway, proceeded to the Hall of the House of Representatives for the purpose of counting electoral ballots.
The Vice President. The majority leader.
Mr. McConnell. Mr. President, I yield back the balance of our time.
VOTE ON OBJECTION TO COUNTING OF ARIZONA ELECTORAL VOTES
The Vice President. All time has expired.
The question is, Shall the objection submitted by the gentleman from Arizona, Mr. Gosar, and the Senator from Texas, Mr. Cruz, and others be sustained?
Mr. McConnell. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The Vice President. Is there a sufficient second?
There is a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
The result was announced—yeas 6, nays 93, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 1 Leg.]
YEAS—6
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NAYS—93
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The Vice President. On this vote, the yeas are 6, the nays are 93.
The objection is not sustained.
The Secretary will notify the House of the action of the Senate, informing that body that the Senate is now ready to proceed to joint session for further counting of the electoral vote for President and Vice President.
The majority leader.
Mr. McConnell. So, colleagues, here is where we are. We have a few more speakers now as we wait for the House to finish their debate and vote. We expect the House to finish voting on Arizona between 11:30 and midnight.
The Presiding Officer. The Senator from Alaska.
RECESS SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR
Ms. Murkowski. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess subject to the call of the chair.
The Presiding Officer. Without objection, the Senate stands in recess subject to the call of the Chair.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 11:25 p.m., recessed subject to the call of the Chair and reassembled at 12:28 a.m. when called to order by the Vice President.
The Vice President. The majority leader.
Mr. McConnell. I know of no further debate.
The Vice President. Pursuant to S. Con. Res. 1 and section 17, title III, U.S. Code, when the two Houses withdraw from the joint session to count the electoral vote for separate consideration of an objection, a Senator may speak to the objection for 5 minutes and not more than once. Debate shall not exceed 2 hours, after which the Chair will put the question: Shall the objection be sustained?
The clerk will report the objection made in the joint session.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
Objection from Senator Hawley from Missouri and Representative Perry from Pennsylvania, “We, a U.S. Senator and Member of the House of Representatives, object to the counting of the electoral votes of the State of Pennsylvania on the ground that they were not, under all of the known circumstances, regularly given.”
The Vice President. The majority leader.
Mr. McConnell. I know of no further debate.
VOTE ON OBJECTION TO COUNTING PENNSYLVANIA ELECTORAL VOTES
The Vice President. If there is no further debate, the question is, Shall the objection submitted by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Perry, and the Senator from Missouri, Mr. Hawley, be sustained?
Is there a sufficient second?
Mr. Thune. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The Vice President. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
The result was announced—yeas 7, nays 92, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 2 Leg.]
YEAS—7
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NAYS—92
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The Vice President. On this vote, the yeas are 7, the nays are 92.
The objection is not sustained.
The Secretary will notify the House of the action of the Senate, informing that body that the Senate is now ready to proceed to Joint Session for further count of the electoral vote for President and Vice President.
The majority leader.