SenateArizonaJan. 6 · 9:58 PM
6–93Not sustained
Representative Paul Gosar and Senator Ted Cruz, with others
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Certification, objections & roll calls
The official congressional record of the resumed joint session: Arizona and Pennsylvania met the dual-signature threshold and received chamber votes; Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin objections lacked a senator signature when presented and were not entertained.
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Formal objection votes and objections that failed the signature threshold
Arizona and Pennsylvania produced chamber roll calls. Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin were also raised by House members, but the Congressional Record says no senator signature accompanied those objections when presented, so they were not entertained.
HouseArizonaJan. 6 · 11:08 PM
121–303Failed
Objection to Arizona electoral votes
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SenatePennsylvaniaJan. 7 · 12:30 AM
7–92Not sustained
Representative Scott Perry and Senator Josh Hawley
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138–282Failed
Objection to Pennsylvania electoral votes
Open official congressional record ↗Joint sessionGeorgiaJan. 6 · resumed count
No Senate signatureNot entertained
Rep. Jody Hice said he, members of Georgia’s delegation and about 74 Republican colleagues objected. Hice told the chair that senators who had supported an objection before the day’s events had withdrawn, so the submission lacked the required senator signature when presented.
Open official congressional record ↗Joint sessionMichiganJan. 7 · around midnight
No Senate signatureNot entertained
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she and 70 Republican colleagues objected in writing. She confirmed that no senator had signed the objection, so Vice President Pence ruled that it could not be entertained.
Open official congressional record ↗Joint sessionNevadaJan. 7 · resumed count
No Senate signatureNot entertained
Rep. Mo Brooks said he and 55 other House members objected in writing. Brooks stated that no U.S. senator had joined the objection, so the chair ruled that it could not be entertained.
Open official congressional record ↗Joint sessionWisconsinJan. 7 · resumed count
No Senate signatureNot entertained
Rep. Louie Gohmert said 71 House members supported the written Wisconsin objection. He confirmed that it was not signed by a senator, so the chair ruled that it could not be entertained.
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Who voted to sustain the objections?
The eight senators below are the complete set who voted to sustain at least one of the two objections; the two votes are shown separately.
Ted CruzRepublican · Texas
ArizonaYea
PennsylvaniaYea
Voted to sustain both objections. The Senate Arizona roll call identifies Cruz as a sponsor; the Pennsylvania objection was submitted by Rep. Scott Perry and Sen. Josh Hawley.
Open Senate roll call ↗Josh HawleyRepublican · Missouri
ArizonaYea
PennsylvaniaYea
Voted to sustain both objections.
Open Senate roll call ↗Cindy Hyde-SmithRepublican · Mississippi
ArizonaYea
PennsylvaniaYea
Voted to sustain both objections.
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ArizonaYea
PennsylvaniaYea
Voted to sustain both objections.
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ArizonaYea
PennsylvaniaYea
Voted to sustain both objections.
Open Senate roll call ↗John KennedyRepublican · Louisiana
ArizonaYea
PennsylvaniaNay
Voted to sustain Arizona, then voted against sustaining Pennsylvania.
Open Senate roll call ↗Cynthia LummisRepublican · Wyoming
ArizonaNay
PennsylvaniaYea
Voted against sustaining Arizona, then voted to sustain Pennsylvania.
Open Senate roll call ↗Rick ScottRepublican · Florida
ArizonaNay
PennsylvaniaYea
Voted against sustaining Arizona, then voted to sustain Pennsylvania.
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How the four roll calls differed
House party totals come from the Clerk; Senate names come from the Senate roll calls.
Six Republicans voted to sustain: Cruz, Hawley, Hyde-Smith, Kennedy, Marshall and Tuberville.
Open official roll call ↗Seven Republicans voted to sustain: Cruz, Hawley, Hyde-Smith, Lummis, Marshall, Scott of Florida and Tuberville.
Open official roll call ↗The House Clerk records 121 Republican yeas, 83 Republican nays, and no Democratic yeas. Iowa’s four House members — Cindy Axne (D), Randy Feenstra (R), Ashley Hinson (R), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) — all voted Nay. Republican leadership was itself split: Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise voted Yea; Liz Cheney voted Nay.
Open official roll call ↗The House Clerk records 138 Republican yeas, 64 Republican nays, and no Democratic yeas. Iowa’s four House members — Cindy Axne (D), Randy Feenstra (R), Ashley Hinson (R), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) — again all voted Nay. Republican leadership was again split: Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise voted Yea; Liz Cheney voted Nay.
Open official roll call ↗The Georgia delegation was not unanimous. Rick Allen, Buddy Carter, Andrew Clyde, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jody Hice and Barry Loudermilk voted to sustain both objections. Republicans Drew Ferguson and Austin Scott voted Nay on both. Democrats Sanford Bishop, Carolyn Bourdeaux, Hank Johnson, Lucy McBath and Nikema Williams voted Nay on both; David Scott voted Nay on Arizona and was not voting on Pennsylvania.
Open official roll call ↗Michigan’s House delegation split identically on the two objections that received chamber votes. Republicans Jack Bergman, Lisa McClain and Tim Walberg voted to sustain both Arizona and Pennsylvania. Republicans Bill Huizenga, Peter Meijer, John Moolenaar and Fred Upton voted Nay on both. Democratic Reps. Debbie Dingell, Dan Kildee, Brenda Lawrence, Andy Levin, Elissa Slotkin and Haley Stevens voted Nay on both; Rashida Tlaib was recorded Not Voting on both roll calls.
Open official roll call ↗Wisconsin’s eight-member House delegation split identically on both formal objections. Republicans Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany voted Yea to sustain both Arizona and Pennsylvania. Republicans Mike Gallagher, Glenn Grothman and Bryan Steil voted Nay on both. Democrats Ron Kind, Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan also voted Nay on both.
Open official roll call ↗Arizona’s nine-member House delegation was not uniform. Republicans Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar and Debbie Lesko voted to sustain both the Arizona and Pennsylvania objections. Republican David Schweikert voted Nay on Arizona but Yea on Pennsylvania. Democrats Ruben Gallego, Raúl Grijalva, Ann Kirkpatrick, Tom O’Halleran and Greg Stanton voted Nay on both. The comparison is a voting-record fact and does not infer a common motive from any member’s vote.
Open official roll call ↗Pennsylvania’s 18-member House delegation changed sharply between the two votes. On Arizona, Republicans John Joyce, Mike Kelly, Scott Perry and Guy Reschenthaler voted Yea; Republicans Brian Fitzpatrick, Fred Keller, Dan Meuser, Lloyd Smucker and Glenn Thompson voted Nay, as did all nine Democrats. On Pennsylvania, every Republican except Fitzpatrick voted Yea, while Fitzpatrick and all nine Democrats voted Nay. The House Clerk roll calls establish the votes; TrumpsMouth does not infer that all members voting the same way shared the same rationale.
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