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Photos: Congress votes today on certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump

Originally published January 6, 2021 at 8:34 amUpdated January 6, 2021 at 10:46 pm

The joint session of Congress certifying the 2020 electoral college results, hours after a mob supporting President Donald Trump broke into the Capitol and disrupted the proceedings, resumes on Jan. 6, 2021. (Erin Schaff / The New York Times)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks in the House Chamber after they reconvened for arguments over the objection of certifying Arizona’s Electoral College votes in November’s election, at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Drew Angerer / Pool via AP)

Police stand guard outside the U.S. Capitol after a mob broke in and violently disrupted the electoral process on Jan. 6, 2021. (Julio Cortez / The Associated Press)

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as a mob breaks into the U.S. Capitol, violently disrupting the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021. (Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

U.S. Capitol police officers detain President Trump supporters who broke into the building during a joint session of Congress to count the votes of the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg)

Police with guns drawn watch as a mob tries to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

Armed security arrives at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, after protesters supporting President Donald Trump broke into the building. A mob of people loyal to the President halted Congress’s counting of the electoral votes to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. (Anna Moneymaker / The New York Times)

People wear evacuation hoods, cumbersome plastic bags that filters out tear gas and chemicals, in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik / AP)

Congressional staff members are ushered out of the Capitol after a mob of rioters breached the building on Jan. 6, 2021. (Amanda Voisard / For The Washington Post)

Congressional staff members barricade a door at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Amanda Voisard / For The Washington Post)

In this photo released by the Office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore, Electoral College ballots sit on a table after they were rescued from the Senate floor on Jan. 6, 2020. (Office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley via AP)

People shelter in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Andrew Harnik / AP)

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Jose Luis Magana / The Associated Press)

Supporters of President Donald Trump break into the U.S. Capitol while Congress was holding a joint session to ratify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

A mob breaks TV equipment outside the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, during a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power. (Jose Luis Magana / The Associated Press)

A man is seen hanging from the balcony in the U.S. Senate Chamber on Jan. 06, 2021 in Washington. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Congressional staff members are ushered out by police after rioters breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Amanda Voisard / For The Washington Post)

Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) swat team patrol the Longworth House Office building on Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Capitol was placed under lock down and Vice President Mike Pence left the floor of Congress as a mob swarmed past barricades surrounding the building where lawmakers were debating Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. (Erin Scott / Bloomberg)

A mob breaks into Capitol, violently disrupting electoral process, and gestures to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, near the Ohio Clock. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / The Associated Press)

Trump supporters gather on the second day of pro-Trump events fueled by the President’s continued claims of election fraud while attempting to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session of the 117th Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Trump supporters are seen outside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana / The Associated Press)

People evacuate from the House Camber as a mob breaks into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Andrew Harnik / The Associated Press)

Police try to hold back Trump supporters who eventually broke through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 2, 2021. (Julio Cortez / The Associated Press)

U.S. Capitol Police try to hold back a mob who are trying to break into the east doors to the House side of the U.S. Capitol, Jan 6, 2021. (Andrew Harnik / AP)

U.S. Capitol Police scuffle with Trump supporters after they broke through security fencing outside of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. (Graeme Sloan / Bloomberg)

Papers and gas masks are left behind after House of Representatives members left the floor of the House chamber while Trump supporters broke to break into the chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite / The Associated Press)

House of Representatives members leave the floor of the House chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington (J. Scott Applewhite / The Associated Press)

Trump supporters celebrate inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2020. (Erin Schaff / The New York Times)

Police keep a watch on a mob outside the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (Julio Cortez / The Associated Press)

Trump supporters gather on the second day of pro-Trump events to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wed., Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)

A police officer has eyes flushed with water after a confrontation with a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (John Minchillo / The Associated Press)

Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / The Associated Press)

Senators leave to debate the certification of Arizona’s Electoral College votes from the 2020 presidential election at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (Greg Nash / Pool via AP)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence talk before the joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November’s election, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite / The Associated Press)

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., objects to certifying Arizona’s Electoral College votes during a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the electoral votes cast in November’s election, at the Capitol, Jan 6, 2021. (Andrew Harnik / The Associated Press)

Trump supporters participate in a rally on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. (John Minchillo / The Associated Press)

With the White House in the background, President Donald Trump speaks at a rally Jan. 6, 2021. (Jacquelyn Martin / The Associated Press)

People attend a rally in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin / The Associated Press)

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Seattle Times photo staff

Seattle Times photo staff