After Congress reconvened, it affirmed President-elect Biden’s electoral victory during the early hours of Thursday.
Even after the historic violence earlier in the day, more than 100 House Republicans objected to the electoral votes of Pennsylvania and seven Republican Senators voiced their support for the move when Congress resumed the counting. When the Capitol was attacked, both chambers were in the middle of a debate about the votes from Arizona. After debates restarted, more than half of the House Republicans– more than 120– objected to the votes from Arizona while six Senate Republicans voted that way. A handful of Republican Senators changed their minds about objecting to the votes after the day’s events.
Needless to say, what is normally a routine event every four years was anything but yesterday/this morning.
You can read more about the developments here, here, and here.