Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging Republicans not to object during Congres…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate GOP warns Biden against picking Sally Yates as attorney generalTop GOP senators acknowledge Biden as president-elect after Electoral College voteSenate GOP leaders seek to put an end to election disputesMORE (R-Ky.) is urging Republicans not to object during Congresss count and certification of the Electoral College vote next month.
McConnells comments were made during a caucus call on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the call, and come as House Republicans are eyeing a challenge to the results on Jan. 6 during a joint session of Congress.
No Senate Republicans indicated during the call that they are currently planning to object.
Not that I heard, said Sen. Mike RoundsMike RoundsBig banks get a big break on pending whistleblower lawHillicon Valley: Government used Patriot Act to gather website visitor logs in 2019 | Defense bill leaves out Section 230 repeal, includes White House cyber czar position | Officials warn hackers are targeting vaccine supply chainDefense policy bill would create new cyber czar positionMORE (R-S.D.), asked if anyone indicated that they would object during the call.
Sen. John BarrassoJohn Anthony BarrassoTop GOP senators acknowledge Biden as president-elect after Electoral College voteGovernment spending bill to include bipartisan energy provisionsWyoming mask mandate backed by GOP lawmakers goes into effectMORE (Wyo.), the No. 3 GOP senator, added that he hasnt heard of any GOP senator willing to object next month.
Rep. Mo BrooksMorris (Mo) Jackson BrooksThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Mastercard – US inoculations begin; state electors certify Biden; Barr is outGOP leaders pinched by pro-Trump bid to reverse election outcomeSenate GOP leaders seek to put an end to election disputesMORE (R-Ala.) has said he will object as part of next months Electoral College count, and is likely to gain support from other Trump allies in the House.
But to successfully force a debate and vote on his objection hell successfully need support from at least one GOP senator. Thats only happened twice since 1887, according to the Congressional Research Service.
No Republican senator has joined Brooks, though a few conservatives, including Sens. Josh HawleyJoshua (Josh) David HawleySenate GOP warns Biden against picking Sally Yates as attorney generalSenate GOP leaders seek to put an end to election disputesOn The Money: Bipartisan group unveils two-part 8B COVID package | The push for stimulus checks | Progressives frustrated with representation in Biden CabinetMORE (Mo.), Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold JohnsonSenate GOP leaders seek to put an end to election disputesThis week: Congress braces for chaotic finishTrump allies in Congress to challenge election results: reportMORE (Wis.) and Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulSenate GOP leaders seek to put an end to election disputesThis week: Congress braces for chaotic finishTrump allies in Congress to challenge election results: reportMORE (Ky.)-havent ruled it out.
A growing number of Senate Republicans are acknowledging President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenHogan on Republicans who won’t accept election result: ‘They are out of runway’Biden rips Trump’s refusal to concede after Electoral College voteSenate GOP warns Biden against picking Sally Yates as attorney generalMORE as the winner of the November election, including McConnell, who congratulated him from the Senate floor on Tuesday, one day after the Electoral College voters gathered to make their votes. Biden and McConnell had their first known conversation since the election on Tuesday.
Top Senate Republicans have also publicly pushed back against talk of trying to object to the election results next month. McConnell didnt address the issue during a press conference on Tuesday.
Sen. Roy BluntRoy Dean BluntTop GOP senators acknowledge Biden as president-elect after Electoral College voteWindow quickly closing for big coronavirus dealThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – COVID-19 vaccine moves ahead. Congress? Not so muchMORE (R-Mo.), a member of GOP leadership, said the Senate Republican Whip John ThuneJohn Randolph ThuneTop GOP senators acknowledge Biden as president-elect after Electoral College voteSenate GOP leaders seek to put an end to election disputesHillicon Valley: Lawmakers call for action after ‘devastating’ cyberattack on federal government | US cyber agency issues emergency directive following hacks | FTC opens privacy study into major internet platformsMORE (R-S.D.) has explained to GOP senators “the futility” of objecting to any states electoral votes next month.
Thune on Monday said the effort was not going anywhere.
If both a House member and senator object the two chambers would have to meet separately, debate the issue and then have a majority in both chambers vote to uphold the objection to a states slate.
The uphill effort, members of GOP leadership warn, will only result in delaying the inevitable outcome. 
It creates a debate that has a certain outcome and that will certainly fail, Blunt said. I certainly dont see any merit in that.
Blunt, who also addressed GOP colleagues during the call, said the tallying of electoral votes during a joint session “should be very non-controversial.
He noted that Biden dismissed objections to electoral votes when the joint session tallied the results of the 2016 election and that not a single senator signed onto an objection four years ago.
“If you view the Electoral College vote as determinative, the receiving of those votes in the joint session should be very non-controversial,” he said. I think objecting serves no purpose.