Lawmakers convened under heavy security and a snowstorm to meet the date required by law to certify the election.
Vice President Kamala Harris, presiding over proceedings as the role of the office, read the tally.
The chamber broke into applause, first Republicans for Trump, then Democrats for Harris.
The whole process happened swiftly and without unrest. One by one, the state results were read aloud by the tellers as senators and representatives sat in seats in the House chamber. Vice President-elect JD Vance joined his former colleagues. Within half an hour the process was done.
Democrats frustrated by Trump’s 312-226 Electoral College victory nevertheless accept the choice of the American voters.
Trump said in a Monday post online that Congress was certifying a “GREAT” election victory and called it “A BIG MOMENT IN HISTORY.”
