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Jan 07, 2021, 12:50 AM EST

Senate rejects objections to Pennsylvania's electoral votes

The Republican effort to overturn the will of Pennsylvania voters failed in the Senate early Thursday morning by a vote of 7-92.

The upper chamber had completely bypassed debate and went straight to a vote.

After the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch said he does not expect any additional challenges to the Electoral College results.

The Senate now stands ready to return to a joint session of Congress, as the Pennsylvania objection goes to the House of Representatives for a vote. Both chambers of Congress must vote in favor of the challenge for it to succeed.

-ABC News' Alllison Pecorin

Jan 07, 2021, 12:45 AM EST

Objection made for Pennsylvania, House and Senate to vote

As certification of the vote continues in Congress, an objection was made to electors from the state of Pennsylvania, which was supported by both a Republican representative and a senator, forcing a vote.

GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania objected to the state's electoral count, and said he was joined by 80 of his Republican colleagues. 

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley objected for the Senate. 

The Joint Session of Congress is now on hold, so that the respective chambers can split up for two hours of debate. In the Senate, they chose to skip debate and immediately moved to vote.

When both do vote, the objection is expected to fail, as the one over Arizona's electors did previously. 

Earlier, GOP Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama attempted to object to the electoral college votes from Nevada, but because no senators joined him, the objection was not sustained. 

"Unfortunately, no United States senator has joined in this effort," Brooks said. 

ABC News' Mariam Khan.

Jan 07, 2021, 12:12 AM EST

Objection to Georgia, Michigan electoral votes fail after no senator signs on

GOP Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia objected to the Georgia electoral votes but said he does not have a senator that will sign on because of the events of Wednesday.

Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler reversed course and said she would not object after the riot activity on the Hill. 

After Hice announced senators had withdrawn their objection, there were cheers from the Democratic side.

Additionally, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and 70 Republicans are objecting to Michigan, but no senator signed on to support the objection.

-ABC News' Mariam Khan

Jan 06, 2021, 11:28 PM EST

House votes down objection to Arizona's election results

The House has rejected the challenge to Arizona's electoral votes, 121-303, with most Republicans supporting the challenge.

There were 121 Republicans, 57% of the conference, who voted in favor of the objection, including GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana. 

On the other side, 220 Democrats voted against the objection, joined by 82 Republicans. Two Democrats and five Republicans did not vote.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks in the House Chamber during a reconvening of a joint session of Congress, Jan. 06, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House will soon move back into joint session with the Senate, where the certification of the electoral votes will continue alphabetically by state. 

The next challenge expected is Georgia's votes, but it's unclear if House Republicans still have a senator to help them force debate and a vote. 

-ABC News' Ben Siegel

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