S.Con.Res. 1Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)Passed Congress

A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2021, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

Introduced January 3, 2021

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This concurrent resolution sets the procedures for the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 to count the Electoral College votes for President and Vice President. It specifies the time, place, presiding officer, and the role of appointed tellers who will open and read the state certificates in alphabetical order. The resolution also directs that the final tally be announced by the President of the Senate and recorded in the congressional journals.

Key Provisions

  • The Senate and House meet on January 6, 2021 at 10 a.m. in the House chamber to count the electoral votes.
  • The President of the Senate presides, and each chamber appoints two tellers to receive and read the certificates of electoral votes.
  • Certificates are opened and read in alphabetical order by state, and the tellers record the votes.
  • After the votes are tallied, the President of the Senate announces the result, which is entered into the official journals of both chambers.

Legislative Activity

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

January 3, 2021 • 7:23 PM

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Introduced in Senate

January 3, 2021

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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)

January 3, 2021

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

January 3, 2021

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Received in the House.

January 3, 2021 • 7:19 PM

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Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H10)

January 3, 2021 • 7:21 PM

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Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H10)

January 3, 2021 • 7:23 PM

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On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H10)

January 3, 2021 • 7:23 PM

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

January 3, 2021 • 7:23 PM

Floor Debate

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What members said about S.Con.Res. 1 on the floor

3 Republicans
Mitch McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY · Jan 6, 2021

I know of no further debate. I know of no further debate. Vote on Objection to Counting Pennsylvania Electoral Votes

Lisa Murkowski
Sen. Lisa MurkowskiR-AK · Jan 6, 2021

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess subject to the call of the chair.

John Thune
Sen. John ThuneR-SD · Jan 6, 2021

I ask for the yeas and nays.

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One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America

1st Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one

S. CON. RES. 1

January 3, 2021

Agreed to

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, the 6th day of January 2021, at 1 0'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