The Senate just rejected an objection to Arizona's electoral vote. Here's what happens next.
Following the Senate vote on Arizona's electoral college votes, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said they must now wait on the House of Representatives to vote later tonight.
"We have a few more speakers now as we wait for the House to finish their debate and vote. Expect the House to finish voting on Arizona between 11:30 p.m. and midnight," McConnell said.
Here's a breakdown of what is happening tonight:
Electoral votes are counted in Congress.
Members of the House and the Senate will meet in the House chamber. The President of the Senate — that's Vice President Mike Pence ��� will preside over the session and the electoral votes will be read and counted in alphabetical order by two appointees each from the House and Senate.
They will then give their tallies to Pence, who will announce the results and listen for objections.
If there are objections, the House and Senate consider them separately to decide how to count those votes.
There are 538 electoral votes — one for each congressperson and senator plus three for Washington, DC. If no candidate gets to a majority — that's 270 — then the 435 members of the House decide the election. Each state gets a vote. So while there are more Democrats in the House, Republicans, as of now, control more state delegations, so it is possible the House could pick Trump even though there is a Democratic majority.
The House has until noon on Jan. 20 to pick the President. If they can't, it would be the vice president or the next person eligible in the line of presidential succession.
