The debate in Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory has renewed hours after the proceeding was disrupted by a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol. We covered the evening’s events as they unfolded.
The debate in Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory has renewed hours after the proceeding was disrupted by a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol. We covered the evening’s events as they unfolded.
Vote Certification Proceedings Restart After Siege at Capitol: Reporter Analysis
Jan 6, 2021
Vote Certification Proceedings Restart After Siege at Capitol: Reporter Analysis
The debate in Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory has renewed hours after the proceeding was disrupted by a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol. We covered the evening's events as they unfolded.
Catie Edmondson
Congressional Correspondent
See how quickly this process goes when you don’t try to throw out a state’s electors?
Michael D. Shear
White House Correspondent
You had to speak up, Catie!
Jim Rutenberg
Writer-at-large
Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama, who helped start these objections, rises to block the vote from Nevada. He fails without Senate support.
Catie Edmondson
Congressional Correspondent
Brooks has been a leader of this entire effort.
Annie Karni
White House Correspondent
Pence denies the objection, again, to cheers.
Reid J. Epstein
National Politics Reporter
Eight more states’ electoral results will be heard before we get to Pennsylvania, the next state expected to prompt a Senate objection.
Michael D. Shear
White House Correspondent
Who knew there were so many “M” and “N” states?
Reid J. Epstein
National Politics Reporter
Josh Hawley has said he will maintain his objection to counting the Pennsylvania electoral votes. We shall see if that holds, given the day’s events and the hour.
Annie Karni
White House Correspondent
If that falls apart, we could be close to the moment of truth: Pence announcing the election of Biden and Harris.
Catie Edmondson
Congressional Correspondent
I find your optimism at this late hour inspiring, Annie.
Reid J. Epstein
National Politics Reporter
Annie, on the other hand, if there are Senate objections to both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, we could all get a good night’s sleep and wake up to catch Pence making that announcement.
Annie Karni
White House Correspondent
Wow. So many great options.
Reid J. Epstein
National Politics Reporter
Here we go.
Jim Rutenberg
Writer-at-large
Here we go, Pennsylvania. Republican objectors have Hawley’s backing, so the debate begins anew.
Jim Rutenberg
Writer-at-large
The House and Senate cease their joint session to separately discuss these objections.
Thomas Kaplan
National Politics Reporter
This will not boost Hawley’s popularity among fellow senators, I think it’s fair to say.
Annie Karni
White House Correspondent
The Senate is retiring to its chamber.
Reid J. Epstein
National Politics Reporter
And now we have another two hours of debate in each chamber, which equals about three to four hours of real time.
Maggie Haberman
White House Correspondent
Hawley has made his bet that being the owner of Trumpism is the path forward. That is a much tougher bet after today, in terms of pure mimicry.
Annie Karni
White House Correspondent
As the House and Senate go back to debate, we here at the live chat are going to call it quits for the night. There are reports that the Senate will yield all of its two hours, but the House is likely to take its time. As Reid noted, if the lawmakers reconvene and there is a Senate objection to Wisconsin’s electoral votes, the certification could go all night. And the elusive moment of truth – when Pence confirms that Biden and Harris won the election – could come perhaps much later in the morning. Thank you for watching and reading, and follow along at nytimes.com for more coverage of today’s violence at the Capitol and the aftermath.