By Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya, Mike Hayes, Melissa Mahtani, Veronica Rocha and Fernando Alfonso III, CNN
An objection to certify Pennsylvania's electoral votes failed in the Senate tonight, with a 92-7 vote.
Here are the seven Republican senators who voted to sustain the objection:
From CNN’s Ted Barrett
The Senate is voting on the objection of Pennsylvania’s Electoral College vote count now.
Lawmakers yielded their time allocated for debate, and are expected to reject the attempt to throw out the state's votes for President-elect Joe Biden.
The objection was presented by Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry and Sen. Josh Hawley.
Vice President Mike Pence has accepted Pennsylvania's objection to its electoral results.
"I have a written objection, signed by a senator and 80 members of the House of Representatives," GOP Rep. Scott Perry said early Thursday morning in his objection.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley joined the objection as well.
Because the objection has been signed by both a congressman and a senator, the Senate will now reconvene and both it and the House will debate the objection. Each chamber will then vote on whether to sustain the objection.
CNN's Phil Mattingly has more:
Vice President Mike Pence rejected an objection presented by Republican Rep. Mo Brooks to Nevada's electoral votes after their bid failed to include a signature from a senator.
The congressman said they objected to Nevada's electoral votes "in order to protect the lawful votes of Nevada and all other American citizens."
He noted, however, that "unfortunately" no senator had joined in their effort.
Nevada's votes were certified for President-elect Joe Biden.
Remember: Each objection must be put in writing and signed by both a congressman and senator in order for the joint session to be paused and the House and Senate adjourn to separately consider it.
Watch the moment:
A bid by Republicans to object to Michigan's electoral results, which certified President-elect Joe Biden's win, failed tonight in a joint session of Congress.
The objection was raised by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who confirmed that it was in writing but had not been signed by a senator.
Because the objection lacked the signature, Vice President Mike Pence rejected the action.
"In that case, the objection cannot be entertained," Pence said, drawing applause from members of Congress.
And as a result, the objection failed.
Watch the moment:
From CNN’s Kristin Wilson
Republican lawmakers objected to Georgia's electoral results, which certified President-elect Joe Biden's win, tonight on Capitol Hill.
GOP Rep. Jody Hice, of Georgia, objected to the election results in the state claiming they were "faulty and fraudulent."
When asked by Vice President Mike Pence whether these objections were presented in writing and signed by one senator, Hice said: "Mr. President, prior to the actions and events of today, we did, but following the events of today, it appears that some senators have withdrawn their objection."
Hice's response drew vigorous applause from other lawmakers.
"In that case, the objection cannot be entertained," Pence said in response.
Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler had indicated earlier today that she would object, but withdrew it after protestors stormed the Capitol Wednesday saying, "I cannot now object to the certification of these electors."
Georgia’s votes are now certified for President-elect Joe Biden.
Remember: Each objection must be put in writing and signed by both a congressman and senator in order for the joint session to be paused and the House and Senate adjourn to separately consider it.
Watch the moment:
From CNN's Sean O’Key and Zachary B. Wolf
The joint session of Congress is counting the electoral ballots.
Four lawmakers designated as "tellers" — two from the House and two from the Senate — are reading the certificates of vote from each state.
They are doing this in alphabetical order. The teller just read the votes from Maine.
Track the electoral vote count in Congress here.
From CNN's Ted Barrett and Manu Raju
The House and Senate has reconvened the joint session and will resume counting the electoral ballots.
According to a Senate GOP leadership aide, when the Senate returns to the chamber to debate the objection to Pennsylvania, expected to be triggered by GOP Sen. Josh Hawley, they will not hold two hours of debate but will go straight to a roll call vote on the objection.
This will allow many senators to leave the Capitol while the House debates, possibly for two hours, and then votes on the Pennsylvania objection.
It’s unclear right now if the House would yield back time and not use the full two hours.
There will not likely be any more objections but after Pennsylvania is dealt with, the joint session will have to reconvene and complete counting of the ballots.
CNN's Phil Mattingly has more:
From CNN's Adrienne Winston
DC Police Chief Robert Contee announced this evening that three people died from medical emergencies during today’s insurrection at the Capitol.
Contee did not specify if these people were involved in any way with the overtaking of the Capitol building.
“One adult female and two adult males appear to have suffered from separate medical emergencies, which resulted in their deaths. Any loss of life in the District is tragic and our thoughts are with anyone impacted by their loss," he said.
DC Fire and Emergency Medical services transported people to area hospitals with injuries ranging from cardiac arrest to multiple fractures after falling from scaffolding on the West front of the Capitol building. However, city officials did not say whether any of these people are the ones now deceased.
