Congress set to certify Electoral College results despite GOP objections; here's why

Joe Biden said that it was a “good thing” that Donald Trump will not attend the inauguration, while he said that the the question of whether to impeach the president should be left to Congress.

President-elect Joe Biden has stayed mum amid calls from Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment or pursue articles of impeachment to thwart the last two weeks of the Trump presidency.  Under the 25th Amendment, presidential duties can be transferred to the vice president if the vice president and a majority of Cabinet members decide the president is unfit for office.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Sen.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office.

Congress has formally validated Joe Biden’s presidential election victory on a day that saw a time-honored ceremony become a nightmare of unprecedented political terror. The House and Senate certified the Democrat’s electoral college win early Thursday after a violent throng of pro-Trump rioters spent hours Wednesday running rampant through the Capitol.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Congress "will not be deterred" in confirming the results of the presidential election hours after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.

President Trump promised an "orderly transition" on Jan. 20 after Congress early Thursday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Democrat Joe Biden his presidential victory.

Washington —Vice President Mike Pence announced just after 3:40 a.m. Thursday that President-elect Joe Biden had won the presidency after Congress completed the counting of the Electoral College votes.

The U.S. Congress early Thursday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Democrat Joe Biden his presidential victory -- after a day in Washington that was marred by pro-Trump protesters storming the U.S.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterCongress resumed certification of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election on Wednesday night, after pro-Trump rioters were expelled from the Capitol following hours of chaos and violence.The Senate turned aside an objection to the Arizona vote, which cast its 11 electoral votes for Biden. The Senate voted 93-6 to deny the objection, while the House continued to debate the issue.

A joint session of Congress gathered to count the Electoral College vote on Wednesday, in what was expected to be raucous proceedings with dozens of Republican lawmakers planning to challenge the results and President Donald Trump seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.

President Donald Trump again insisted , speaking to very large crowds of supporters just outside the White House, again pressured Vice President Mike Pence to move to overturn the results of the presidential election during a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is expected to rebuke the GOP challenge to certify the Electoral College results for President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday, sources tell Fox News.

National Guard members in Washington, D.C., will wear black vests – in place of their usual camouflage ones – on Wednesday as crowds have already begun to gather to show their support for President Trump before the newly sworn-in Congress is expected to officially certify Electoral College votes in the final step before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20.

The House and Senate will convene at 1 p.m. Wednesday for a joint session of Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden's electoral win, and a group of GOP lawmakers intends to raise objections to the results.  The traditional tally of the electoral results from each state is the final stage in the selection of an American president. It's normally a lackluster procedure, but President Trump has changed that by calling on his GOP allies in Congress to fight for him until the bitter end.

Congress will count the 2020 Electoral College votes on Wednesday to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s presidential victory in a joint session beginning at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT in the House of Representatives.

Republicans in Congress are staking out their positions ahead of Wednesday's joint session to certify the Electoral College results. Some members are throwing their support behind Trump-backed challenges to votes in states President-elect Joe Biden won and others are warning of the dangers of such an extraordinary effort to essentially overturn the presidential election.

Former California Sen. Barbara Boxer said Thursday that there is "no comparison" between her effort to oppose Electoral College results after the 2004 presidential election, and Republican Sen.

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., posted a scathing rebuke of his colleagues who plan on objecting to the election of Joe Biden as the next president when Congress certifies the Electoral College outcome on Jan. 6.

Janet W. Lee Twitter has added a new label on President Donald Trump’s tweets containing inaccurate information on the presidential election results.Trump’s tweets disputing Joe Biden’s election victory now include a label clarifying that “election officials have certified Joe Biden as winner of the U.S.

GOP figures, who have since challenged Joe Biden’s election win back in November, are now facing the music as the Electoral College confirmed the former vice president as the next POTUS. A day after Biden’s Electoral College confirmation, late night hosts Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel are dunking on Trump allies and Republicans as they get their overdue reality check.