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Pence, having removed his mask, begins the joint session.
This process took approx 35 minutes four years ago, when Joe Biden presided.
Pence shuts down a GOP parliamentary inquiry, which aimed to question how Republicans might object under the House's covid restrictions limiting the number of members on the floor.
The count is underway.
Sen. Blunt, chair of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, is one of the four tellers.
Sen. Blunt, chair of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, is one of the four tellers.
Rep. Lofgren, chair of the Committee on House Administration, is another teller.
Sen. Klobuchar, the other Senate teller, is now reading the certificate from Arizona ...
Pence asks if there are any objections to the Arizona certificate.
Rep. Paul Gosar rises to object.
Rep. Paul Gosar rises to object.
Several Republicans on the floor (violating Pelosi's admonition that they not be there), rise to applaud Rep. Gosar.
The objection, co-signed by a senator, is now being read by the Clerk of the House.
The objection, co-signed by a senator, is now being read by the Clerk of the House.
Pence orders the joint session dissolved, kicking off the first of many expected 2-hour-long debates, followed by votes, on the objections...
