119th Congress (2025-2026)

SCONRES 2

A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2025, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

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119th Congress (2025-2026)

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119th Congress (2025-2026)

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Bill overview

This concurrent resolution formally establishes January 6, 2025, at 1:00 PM EST, as the date and time for Congress to count the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States. It outlines the procedures for this count, including the roles of the President of the Senate and designated tellers. The resolution specifies that electoral votes will be presented in alphabetical order by state and that the final results, along with a vote tally, will be announced by the President of the Senate and recorded in the journals of both the House and Senate.

Key provisions

Designates January 6, 2025, at 1:00 PM EST as the date and time for counting electoral votes.
Specifies the Hall of the House of Representatives as the location for the count.
Establishes the President of the Senate as the presiding officer.
Requires the appointment of tellers by the President of the Senate and the Speaker.
Dictates that electoral votes be presented alphabetically by state.
Mandates the creation of a vote tally to be delivered to the President of the Senate.
Requires the announcement of the vote results by the President of the Senate.
Directs the recording of the vote results and announcement in the journals of both the House and Senate.

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Congress
The President of the Senate
The House of Representatives
The Senate
Electoral Vote Certificate Holders

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Legislative history

2025-01-03House

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

2025-01-03House

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

2025-01-03

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.

2025-01-03House

Considered as privileged matter.

Passage without roll call

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1/3/2025SenateUnanimous consent
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)
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1/3/2025Unanimous consent
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Passage without roll call

1/3/2025SenateUnanimous consent
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.
1/3/2025Unanimous consent
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
No roll-call vote on record for this action.

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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session

S. CON. RES. 2

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To provide for the counting on January 6, 2025, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

That the two Houses of Congress shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Monday, the 6th day of January 2025, 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.

SCONRES 2

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