Congress Republicans exploring overturning the electoral college?

[Howard Gillman]

CNN had a story yesterday reporting that Congressional Republicans are
looking into whether they have the power, by a majority vote of the
Congress, to reject the votes of Florida electors if Gore wins (which is
unlikely).  The story can be found here:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/16/congress.election/

The key language is:

                   According to both memos, any one member of
                   the House joined by any one member of the
                   Senate could object to the disputed Florida
                   electoral votes during the joint session. At that
                   point, each chamber would meet separately to
                   debate and vote on the merits of the objection.

                   Both chambers must agree to reject the electoral
                   votes while only one chamber is needed to accept
                   them, the Republican memo says.

Do we all agree that a majority vote in each chamber to not accept a slate
of electors can result in those electors' votes not being counted?  If so,
why doesn't that mean that WHENEVER one party controls the Congress and the
other party gets a majority of electoral college votes, then the
congressional majority can just undue the results of the election (for
example, by just not accepting California's electors)?

Thanks.

Howard Gillman
USC Political Science