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Brooks told ABC News he has not discussed his plan with the White House or with Trump, but that the president has been briefed on the efforts by another elected official.

The White House declined to comment on whether Trump had been briefed on the plans

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The potential move -- a day after the Georgia Senate runoffs -- could force Republicans made uneasy by Trump's post-election legal efforts to go on the record about whether they support the campaign -- and by extension, the president -- as he continues to undermine faith in the electoral process. It would also put Vice President Mike Pence, who would be presiding over any challenges, in an awkward position as well.

While no Republican senators have publicly backed the effort from some House Republicans, few have ruled it out.

\"I think we need to wait for the pending litigation to be concluded,\" said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who competed against Trump in the 2016 Republican primary, adding that he believes the litigation will wrap up \"expeditiously.\"

\"I don't know enough about this process. ... I need to see ... procedurally what our role is and what we do. But I will get back to you on that,\" said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., a possible presidential contender in four years.

Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., said earlier this week he \"can't imagine that would ever happen.\"

\"Somebody could, but I doubt that goes anywhere. This is a process that's well established and has been used every election year -- or every four years in election years -- since 1793, and I suspect that will be a fairly routine process,\" he added.

Experts suggest any dispute would be resolved or dismissed without impacting the final results of the election.

\"I would guess that all of those things would be resolved, if not on the 6th, by the next day,\" said Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the conservative-leaning American Enterprise Institute, during a call with reporters on Wednesday. \"The likelihood of having a sizable number who would vote against a slate of electors making a difference in the outcome I think is extremely unlikely. It's just a question of how long it gets dragged out.\"

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\"It's Congress' responsibility to render the final verdict on all federal election contests, not the Supreme Court or any inferior court,\" Brooks said, downplaying the Trump campaign's floundering legal efforts to challenge the election results.

While rare, Brooks' maneuver wouldn't be unprecedented.

The House and Senate were last forced to debate on the certification of electors in 2005, when Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, pushed their own challenge over concerns about voting procedures in Ohio that fall. That effort, though, was not aimed at overturning the results of the election, Boxer said at the time.In 2017, then-Vice President Biden, presiding over the joint session of Congress, dismissed a challenge from House Democrats because they lacked Senate support.

\"It is over,\" Biden said as he gaveled down the challenge, to cheers from Republicans.

ABC's Trish Turner and Ben Gittleson contributed to this report.

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