No decisions have yet been reached by a group of Republican senators on which states, if any, they will object to on Wednesday during the certification of the Electoral College results, sources told Fox News on Monday.
The GOP senators, led by Ted Cruz, said over the weekend they would object to the certification unless an electoral commission conducted an emergency 10-day audit of the results, but so far there have been "no conclusions" on the issue, according to the sources.
Republicans in the House have started to press their colleagues in the Senate to object to results in at least three states in an effort to make a difference in the winner of the presidential race. They are concerned that the Republican senators won’t object to enough states to matter in the outcome of the Electoral College.
"If the Republican senators don’t object to enough states, the entire effort on January 6 is worthless," a House Republican official told Fox News. "To have any chance of impacting the outcome of the 2020 election, the Republican senators must join Republican House members in objecting at least three states and ideally all six states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin.”
But the Cruz-led group of senators has yet to explicitly commit to objecting to any specific state.
Making matters more difficult for those seeking objections is that the Senate Republican leadership is not pressing the issue in a particular direction, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell referring to it as a "vote of conscience."
In addition, a bipartisan group of senators on Sunday said attempts to object to the Electoral College results this week will only "undermine" confidence in the 2020 election.
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