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S.Con.Res. 2Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)Passed Congress

A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2017, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

Sponsored by Mitch McConnellSen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Introduced January 3, 2017

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This concurrent resolution directs the Senate and House to meet on January 6, 2017, to count the electoral votes for President and Vice President. It sets out the procedural steps required by the Constitution for the official tally, including who presides, how tellers are appointed, and how the results are announced and recorded. The resolution applies to the members of Congress and the incoming President and Vice President.

Key Provisions

  • The two chambers will convene in the House chamber at 1 p.m. on Jan 6, 2017, with the President of the Senate acting as presiding officer.
  • Two tellers are appointed—two by the Senate’s President and two by the House Speaker—to receive and read the electoral certificates.
  • Certificates are opened and read in alphabetical order of the states, starting with “A.”
  • The tellers compile a list of the votes as read, and the total is delivered to the President of the Senate, who announces the election result.
  • The announced result and vote list are entered into the official journals of both the Senate and the House.

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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

January 3, 2017 • 6:07 PM

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Introduced in Senate

January 3, 2017

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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6-7, S23; text as passed Senate: CR S7, S23)

January 3, 2017

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Received in the House.

January 3, 2017 • 3:59 PM

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

January 3, 2017

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Held at the desk.

January 3, 2017 • 4:55 PM

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Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H36)

January 3, 2017 • 6:05 PM

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Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H36)

January 3, 2017 • 6:07 PM

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On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H36)

January 3, 2017 • 6:07 PM

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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

January 3, 2017 • 6:07 PM

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Mitch McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY · Jan 5, 2017

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 12:45 p.m., Friday, January 6; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning…

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One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

1st Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen

S. CON. RES. 2

January 3, 2017

Agreed to

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Friday, the 6th day of January 2017, at 1 o'clock post meridian, pursuant to the requirements of the Constitution and laws relating to the election of President and Vice President of the United States, and the President of the Senate shall be their Presiding Officer; that two tellers shall be previously appointed by the President of the Senate on the part of the Senate and two by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter “A”; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules by law provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives