The Senate and the House of Representatives convened on Wednesday to perform what is traditionally seen as a purely ceremonial vote: to certify each state’s presidential election results.
At a rally before the vote, Donald Trump continued to baselessly insist that the election results – which he lost to Democrat challenger Joe Biden – were rigged and the US president helped instigate a mob to storm the US Capitol building and halt the process.
The attack shocked many Americans but even after the pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol, a handful of Republican senators and more than a hundred Republican representatives continued to back Trump’s false claims and objected to certifying the results in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
The list of Republican lawmakers who objected to both results includes Texas senator Ted Cruz, who ran against Trump in 2016 presidential election only to have Trump suggest that Cruz’s father was involved in president John F Kennedy’s assassination. It also include Missouri senator Josh Hawley who is seen as a potential 2024 presidential candidate. And it includes the majority of Republican House members.
Here’s the full list.
Which senators objected to certify Biden as president?
Senators challenging the certified results in Arizona and Pennsylvania
Objected to both (5)
Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Joshua Hawley (R-MO)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Objected to one (3)
Rick Scott (R-FL)
John Kennedy (R-LA)
Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Did not object (91)
Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Michael Bennet (D-CO)
John Hickenlooper Jr. (D-CO)
Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Chris Coons (D-DE)
Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Ed Markey (D-MA)
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D-MD)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Gary Peters (D-MI)
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Tina Smith (D-MN)
Jon Tester (D-MT)
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Ben Luján (D-NM)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)
Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Mark Warner (D-VA)
Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Joe Manchin III (D-WV)
Angus King (I-ME)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
John Boozman (R-AR)
Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Michael Crapo (R-ID)
James Risch (R-ID)
Todd Young (R-IN)
Mike Braun (R-IN)
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Rand Paul (R-KY)
Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Steve Daines (R-MT)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Thom Tillis (R-NC)
John Hoeven (R-ND)
Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Benjamin Sasse (R-NE)
Rob Portman (R-OH)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
James Lankford (R-OK)
Pat Toomey (R-PA)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Tim Scott (R-SC)
John Thune (R-SD)
Mike Rounds (R-SD)
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Bill Hagerty IV (R-TN)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Mike Lee (R-UT)
Mitt Romney (R-UT)
Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Shelley Capito (R-WV)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Which US representatives objected to certify Biden as president?
Representatives challenging the certified results in Arizona and Pennsylvania
Objected to both (120)
Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Mo Brooks (R-AL)
Gary Palmer (R-AL)
Jerry Carl Jr. (R-AL)
Felix Moore (R-AL)
Rick Crawford (R-AR)
Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Devin Nunes (R-CA)
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
Mike Garcia (R-CA)
Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Bill Posey (R-FL)
Daniel Webster (R-FL)
Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
Neal Dunn (R-FL)
John Rutherford (R-FL)
Brian Mast (R-FL)
Gregory Steube (R-FL)
Katherine Cammack (R-FL)
Scott Franklin (R-FL)
Byron Donalds (R-FL)
Carlos Giménez (R-FL)
Buddy Carter (R-GA)
Jody Hice (R-GA)
Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
Rick Allen (R-GA)
Andrew Clyde (R-GA)
Marjorie Greene (R-GA)
Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
Mike Bost (R-IL)
Mary Miller (R-IL)
Jackie Walorski (R-IN)
Jim Banks (R-IN)
James Baird (R-IN)
Ron Estes (R-KS)
Tracey Mann (R-KS)
Hal Rogers (R-KY)
Steve Scalise (R-LA)
Clay Higgins (R-LA)
Mike Johnson (R-LA)
Andy Harris (R-MD)
Tim Walberg (R-MI)
Jack Bergman (R-MI)
Lisa McClain (R-MI)
Jim Hagedorn (R-MN)
Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
Sam Graves (R-MO)
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)
Billy Long (R-MO)
Jason Smith (R-MO)
Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
Trent Kelly (R-MS)
Michael Guest (R-MS)
Matthew Rosendale Sr. (R-MT)
Richard Hudson (R-NC)
David Rouzer (R-NC)
Ted Budd (R-NC)
Dan Bishop (R-NC)
David Cawthorn (R-NC)
Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
Stella Herrell (R-NM)
Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
Chris Jacobs (R-NY)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
Jim Jordan (R-OH)
Bill Johnson (R-OH)
Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Warren Davidson (R-OH)
Tom Cole (R-OK)
Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
Kevin Hern (R-OK)
Stephanie Bice (R-OK)
Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Scott Perry (R-PA)
John Joyce (R-PA)
Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
Tom Rice (R-SC)
Ralph Norman Jr. (R-SC)
William Timmons (R-SC)
Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN)
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)
Tim Burchett (R-TN)
John Rose (R-TN)
Mark Green (R-TN)
Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
Michael Burgess (R-TX)
John Carter (R-TX)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Louie Gohmert Jr. (R-TX)
Randy Weber (R-TX)
Roger Williams (R-TX)
Brian Babin (R-TX)
Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
Michael Cloud (R-TX)
Lance Gooden (R-TX)
Ron Wright (R-TX)
Patrick Fallon (R-TX)
August Pfluger II (R-TX)
Ronny Jackson (R-TX)
Troy Nehls (R-TX)
Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
Ben Cline (R-VA)
Robert Good (R-VA)
Thomas Tiffany (R-WI)
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI)
Carol Miller (R-WV)
Objected to one (19)
David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Greg Pence (R-IN)
Jacob LaTurner (R-KS)
Garret Graves (R-LA)
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Gregory Murphy (R-NC)
Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Cliff Bentz (R-OR)
Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
Fred Keller (R-PA)
David Kustoff (R-TN)
Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)
Chris Stewart (R-UT)
Clarence Owens (R-UT)
Robert Wittman (R-VA)
Alex Mooney (R-WV)
Did not object (292)
Terri Sewell (D-AL)
Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)
Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ)
Greg Stanton (D-AZ)
Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
Linda Sánchez (D-CA)
Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Brad Sherman (D-CA)
Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Jim Costa (D-CA)
Doris Matsui (D-CA)
Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
Jackie Speier (D-CA)
Judy Chu (D-CA)
John Garamendi (D-CA)
Karen Bass (D-CA)
Jared Huffman (D-CA)
Ami Bera (D-CA)
Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
Mark Takano (D-CA)
Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
Juan Vargas (D-CA)
Scott Peters (D-CA)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
Pete Aguilar (D-CA)
Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Norma Torres (D-CA)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
Nanette Barragán (D-CA)
Luis Correa (D-CA)
Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
Josh Harder (D-CA)
Katie Porter (D-CA)
Mike Levin (D-CA)
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
Joe Neguse (D-CO)
Jason Crow (D-CO)
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
John Larson (D-CT)
Joe Courtney (D-CT)
James Himes (D-CT)
Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Ted Deutch (D-FL)
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Lois Frankel (D-FL)
Al Lawson (D-FL)
Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
Darren Soto (D-FL)
Val Demings (D-FL)
Charlie Crist (D-FL)
Sanford Bishop Jr. (D-GA)
David Scott (D-GA)
Hank Johnson Jr. (D-GA)
Lucy McBath (D-GA)
Nikema Williams (D-GA)
Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA)
Ed Case (D-HI)
Kaialiʻi Kahele (D-HI)
Cynthia Axne (D-IA)
Danny Davis (D-IL)
Bobby Rush (D-IL)
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Bill Foster (D-IL)
Mike Quigley (D-IL)
Brad Schneider (D-IL)
Cheri Bustos (D-IL)
Robin Kelly (D-IL)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
Jesús García (D-IL)
Sean Casten (D-IL)
Lauren Underwood (D-IL)
Marie Newman (D-IL)
André Carson (D-IN)
Frank Mrvan (D-IN)
Sharice Davids (D-KS)
John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Richard Neal (D-MA)
William Keating (D-MA)
Katherine Clark (D-MA)
Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Lori Trahan (D-MA)
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
John Sarbanes (D-MD)
Anthony Brown (D-MD)
Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
David Trone (D-MD)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Jared Golden (D-ME)
Daniel Kildee (D-MI)
Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)
Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Andy Levin (D-MI)
Haley Stevens (D-MI)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Angie Craig (D-MN)
Dean Phillips (D-MN)
Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO)
Cori Bush (D-MO)
Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
David Price (D-NC)
G.K. Butterfield Jr. (D-NC)
Alma Adams (D-NC)
Deborah Ross (D-NC)
Kathy Manning (D-NC)
Ann Kuster (D-NH)
Chris Pappas (D-NH)
Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ)
Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ)
Albio Sires (D-NJ)
Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ)
Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
Andy Kim (D-NJ)
Tom Malinowski (D-NJ)
Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)
Debra Haaland (D-NM)
Teresa Fernandez (D-NM)
Dina Titus (D-NV)
Steven Horsford (D-NV)
Susie Lee (D-NV)
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)
Brian Higgins (D-NY)
Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
Paul Tonko (D-NY)
Grace Meng (D-NY)
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
Sean Maloney (D-NY)
Kathleen Rice (D-NY)
Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Antonio Delgado (D-NY)
Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Tim Ryan (D-OH)
Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Mike Doyle Jr. (D-PA)
Matthew Cartwright (D-PA)
Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
Dwight Evans (D-PA)
Conor Lamb (D-PA)
Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
Susan Wild (D-PA)
Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)
Jim Langevin (D-RI)
David Cicilline (D-RI)
Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Eddie Johnson (D-TX)
Al Green (D-TX)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Marc Veasey (D-TX)
Filemon Vela (D-TX)
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)
Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
Colin Allred (D-TX)
Bobby Scott (D-VA)
Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
Donald Beyer (D-VA)
Donald McEachin (D-VA)
Elaine Luria (D-VA)
Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)
Peter Welch (D-VT)
Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Adam Smith (D-WA)
Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Kim Schrier (D-WA)
Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
Ron Kind (D-WI)
Gwen Moore (D-WI)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
Don Young (R-AK)
Steve Womack (R-AR)
French Hill (R-AR)
Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
Tom McClintock (R-CA)
Young Kim (R-CA)
Michelle Steel (R-CA)
Ken Buck (R-CO)
Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
Michael Waltz (R-FL)
Austin Scott (R-GA)
Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA)
Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
Mike Simpson (R-ID)
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Darin LaHood (R-IL)
Larry Bucshon (R-IN)
Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN)
Victoria Spartz (R-IN)
Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
Thomas Massie (R-KY)
Andy Barr (R-KY)
James Comer (R-KY)
Fred Upton (R-MI)
Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
John Moolenaar (R-MI)
Peter Meijer (R-MI)
Tom Emmer (R-MN)
Pete Stauber (R-MN)
Ann Wagner (R-MO)
Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Don Bacon (R-NE)
Chris Smith (R-NJ)
Mark Amodei (R-NV)
Tom Reed II (R-NY)
John Katko (R-NY)
Andrew Garbarino (R-NY)
Michael Turner (R-OH)
Robert Latta (R-OH)
Steve Stivers (R-OH)
Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)
David Joyce (R-OH)
Troy Balderson (R-OH)
Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Nancy Mace (R-SC)
Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Kay Granger (R-TX)
Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
Van Taylor (R-TX)
Chip Roy (R-TX)
Ernest Gonzales II (R-TX)
John Curtis (R-UT)
Blake Moore (R-UT)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
Bryan Steil (R-WI)
David McKinley (R-WV)
Liz Cheney (R-WY)