<p class="bodytext">US lawmakers on Thursday rejected a second Republican-led objection to certifying electoral votes for Joe Biden, hours after a riot by Donald Trump supporters forced a delay in the process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Senate voted 92 to 7 against the effort to discount Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes and the House followed suit, albeit with more than 130 Republicans supporting the decertification bid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With 38 states now certified, Congress moved to continue its late-night process to affirm the electoral votes of all 50 states and formalize Biden's victory.</p>
<p class="bodytext">US lawmakers on Thursday rejected a second Republican-led objection to certifying electoral votes for Joe Biden, hours after a riot by Donald Trump supporters forced a delay in the process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Senate voted 92 to 7 against the effort to discount Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes and the House followed suit, albeit with more than 130 Republicans supporting the decertification bid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With 38 states now certified, Congress moved to continue its late-night process to affirm the electoral votes of all 50 states and formalize Biden's victory.</p>