After attack, most GOP lawmakers still voted to block Biden's win There is a toxicity in the body politic, and it's poisoned a majority of congressional Republicans. Dusk falls over the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 20, 2020.Samuel Corum / Getty Images Jan. 7, 2021, 5:58 PM UTC BySteve Benen About a month ago, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a ridiculous lawsuit intended to overturn the results of the presidential election and give Donald Trump power he didn't earn. Congressional Republicans soon after backed the undemocratic scheme. And not just a few GOP lawmakers from the right-wing fringe: two-thirds of the House Republican conference signed their names to a court filing, endorsing the anti-election litigation. The list included, among others, the top members of the House Republican leadership -- California's Kevin McCarthy and Louisiana's Steve Scalise -- who, as