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WASHINGTON — A very long day on Capitol Hill finally came to an end at around 3:41 a.m. Thursday morning as the House and Senate voted to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“The votes for president of the United States are as follows,” Vice President Mike Pence said presiding over a joint session of Congress. “Joseph R. Biden, Jr of the state of Delaware has received 306 votes. Donald J. Trump of the state of Florida has received 232 votes.”

The certification ends a rocky last 24 hours on Capitol Hill with the session having started a 1:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, but the session was halted when rioters and Trump supporters rallying outside the Capitol stormed through Capitol security and flooded inside the building.

Despite the violence, several GOP lawmakers still pursued challenges of the election results, prompting hours of debate over each objection.

Indiana Sen. Mike Braun among those who chose not to pursue an objection after originally planning to do so.

“Today’s events changed things drastically,” Braun said on Twitter. “Though I will continue to push for a thorough investigation into the election irregularities many Hoosiers are concerned with as my objection was intended, I have withdrawn that objection and will vote to get this ugly day behind us.”

Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bumped elbows after adjourning the joint session early this morning.

In a statement released by the White House, President Trump said “there will be an orderly transition of power” on Jan. 20, the day that Biden is set to be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.