Washington: Senate Republicans support for an objection to Georgia's electoral votes being certified for President-elect Joe Biden did not materialize during the overnight Joint Session of Congress.
Without a senator agreeing to the objection it cannot proceed.
During the day on Wednesday, supporters of President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, forcing a lockdown of the lawmakers and staff inside.
Trump has claimed widespread voter fraud to explain away his defeat to Biden, though election officials have said there wasn’t any.
Congress reconvened Wednesday evening as a joint session and will make its way through the rest of the states that have objections.
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Initially, six Republican House members from Georgia had said they would join Senator Kelly Loeffler in objecting to the state's 16 electoral votes going to Biden.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Loeffler said she was no longer supporting GOP efforts to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's presidential election victory after Wednesday's attack on the Capitol by violent crowds of President Donald Trump's supporters.
The Georgia lawmaker says she "cannot now in good conscience object" to electoral votes cast by some states for Biden.
Rep. Jody Hice told the Joint Session that "following the events of today, it appears that some senators have withdrawn their objection."
AP
