The Senate has voted to reject an objection to Electoral College votes for Pennsylvania after sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined 80 House members in objecting to the state’s slate of 20 Electoral College votes for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden during a vote held late into the night on Wednesday. There was no debate in the Senate over the objection prior to the 92-7 vote, as Hawley made his statement during the debate on the Arizona objection earlier in the night. Hawley was the first senator and among the first lawmakers to announce that he would object to the certification of electoral college votes. He was joined by six other Republican senators who voted in favor of the objection: Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Cynthia Lummis (Wy.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.). Hours before the vote, a group of rioters breached the Capitol building, sending Congress into …
Senate Votes to Reject Objection to Electoral College Votes for Pennsylvania
January 7, 2021
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