They certified the vote count, not the candidates. You'll find nothing from Congress declaring that Obama is actually eligible to the Office.
That was exactly the place for a Congressman to object to someone not being qualified for holding the Office of President of the United States -- at precisely the time that they are certifying the election by the Electoral College. That's when a Congressman has it within their power and ability and within their "standing" to do such a thing.
AND..., no one objected and counted all the votes for a candidate whom others (here) are indicating should have never been able to even receive an Electoral College vote in the first place, much less "count them" or even "certify" it for electing the next President of the United States.
If a Congressman does not object at that point, it's sort of like a wedding where they say "speak now or forever hold your peace"... LOL...
No one spoke up...
They still did not certify the candidates, only the count. The fact that no one objected does not mean they approved or certified. IIRC the rules allow for an objection *to the count* not to the candidate. Here is the relevant section of the law 3 USC 15:
said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted according to the rules in this subchapter provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses. Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any. Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one Member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received. When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a State shall have been received and read, the Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and such objections shall be submitted to the Senate for its decision; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, in like manner, submit such objections to the House of Representatives for its decision; and no electoral vote or votes from any State which shall have been regularly given by electors whose appointment has been lawfully certified to according to section 6 of this title from which but one return has been received shall be rejected, but the two Houses concurrently may reject the vote or votes when they agree that such vote or votes have not been so regularly given by electors whose appointment has been so certified.
So, they cannot oject to the candidate, only to the electoral votes themselves.
No one spoke up...
The President of the Senate, that is VP Cheney, did not ask for objections as the law requires, which would have been the point where objections would be entered.
Unless you have a link to such a certification of eligibility, my point stands: they certified the count, not the eligibilty of the candidate.