10 things you need to know today: January 3, 2021 Tim O'Donnell 1. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) led a group of Republican senators and senators-elect who announced Saturday they'll oppose the certification of the Electoral College results next week "unless and until" an "emergency 10-day audit" of the presidential election returns is conducted by a congressionally-appointed Electoral Commission that has "full investigatory and fact-finding authority." They cite allegations of widespread voter fraud, which have been pushed by President Trump and his allies despite there being no evidence to back up the claims, as the reason for the holdout. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), as well as Sens.-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) were the other lawmakers to join Cruz. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) had already announced his plans to object. [