nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||Congress' Role In Election Results: Here's What Happens Jan. 6||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Some Republicans have indicated they will seek to object to the formal electoral vote count. There is a good chance it will become a spectacle, but next to no chance it will change the outcome.










Then-Vice President Joe Biden presides over a joint session of Congress in January 2017 to name Donald Trump formally as president-elect.



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Congress' Role In Election Results: Here's What Happens Jan. 6






Some Republicans have indicated they will seek to object to the formal electoral vote count. There is a good chance it will become a spectacle, but next to no chance it will change the outcome.