What Happened This Week In Washington — And Georgia

Well, Sarah, some of the differences are: 1) All the House members face reelection in two years; 2) They mostly come from some VERY red districts; 3) They generally haven’t been in office as long; 4) The House is supposed to be “the people’s chamber,” i.e. more populist and less concerned about its institutional legacy; 5) The Senate is run by McConnell, who can quash Republican dissent, while the House is run by Pelosi, who can’t.

There are still a number of House members who haven’t voted, but our colleague Ben Siegel at ABC notes that so far 98 Republicans or (46 percent of the conference) support the Arizona objection. The media hasn’t been paying as much attention to the whip count in the House because it’s a bigger chamber, but is it somewhat staggering that the percentage is that high, considering the tenor of the Senate vote? Or am I missing some important dynamics here?

If you expected this to be some sort of highly climactic and tightly scripted moment … well, you haven’t watched Congress before.