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Trump Trial Pending, McConnell Calls It ‘Vote of Conscience'
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is likely to begin after Joe Biden’s inauguration next week
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Many Senate Republicans Want to Move On From the Trump Era — But Will They Vote to Convict Him?
Now that President Trump has been impeached for the second time, all eyes turn to the Senate where Republicans will need to decide whether to vote for conviction. The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold joined LX News to explain the political calculations being made by Senate Republicans about whether to end the Trump era once and for all.
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Trump Becomes First President to Be Impeached Twice, as Bipartisan Majority Charges Him With Inciting Capitol Riot
Trump became the only U.S. president impeached twice, one week before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
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Pence Refuses to Invoke 25th Amendment as Democrats Work to Remove Trump
Democrats still passed a resolution calling on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, then plan to move to impeach President Trump.
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Trump's Executive Orders Didn't Include a Second Round of Stimulus Checks—Here's Why
President Trump signed four executive orders on Saturday granting Americans financial relief in a number of areas, however, the actions did not provide any funding for a second round of stimulus checks.
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House Democrats Introduce Impeachment Article Against Trump for Inciting Capitol Attack
The House could vote this week to impeach President Trump over the Capitol insurrection but may wait to send articles to the Senate.
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Control of the Senate Gives Democrats Chance to Act on Judges, $2,000 Checks and Ambitious Biden Agenda
Democrats will control both the White House and Congress for the first time since the first half of President Barack Obama’s first term.
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McConnell Speaks After US Capitol Riot: We Will ‘Not Bow to Intimidation'
“The United States and the U.S. Congress have faced down much greater threats than the unhinged crowd we saw today,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on Wednesday. “We’ve never been deterred before, and we will not be deterred today.”
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GOP Officials, Donors Blame Trump for Weak Republican Showing in Georgia Runoffs
Republican officials, donors and advisors blamed President Trump for the party’s poor showing in the Senate runoff elections in the once reliably red state of Georgia. “Trump f—-d the party,” a staunch Trump ally said. NBC News projected Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff as winners of the Georgia runoffs. Republican officials, donors and advisors, many of them behind...
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McConnell's Full Speech on Senate Floor
Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., expressed his concern about the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election as he spoke on the Senate Floor. McConnell said “If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side our democracy would enter a death spiral. We’d never see the whole nation accept the election again.”
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GOP Pollster: Dem Strength in Georgia Runoffs Sends Warning to Republicans About Their Behavior
“This is a lesson for the Republican Party of what’s likely to come if they continue to behave this way,” GOP pollster Frank Luntz told CNBC.
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Senate Runoffs in Georgia Will Shape What Biden Can Achieve in the White House
Tuesday’s races pit Republican David Perdue against Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler against Democrat Raphael Warnock.
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Congress Overrides Trump's Defense Bill Veto
In an 81-13 vote, the Senate joined the House in overriding President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act. This marks the first Congressional veto override for Trump.
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Shutdown, Impeachment, Virus: Chaotic Congress Winds Down
Congress is ending a chaotic session with a rare rebuff by Republicans of President Donald Trump.
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McConnell Refuses to Budge on $2,000 Stimulus Checks as Schumer Offers Separate Votes on Other Trump Demands
The remarks came shortly after a speech from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who slammed the $2,000 direct payments as “socialism for the rich.”
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$2,000 Stimulus Checks Likely Doomed After McConnell Refuses to Separate Them From Unrelated Trump Demands
The Senate has no immediate plans to vote on a House-passed bill to increase the coronavirus relief stimulus checks to $2,000.
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Trump Push on $2K Checks Flops as GOP-Led Senate Won't Vote
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has all but shut the door on President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks
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$600 Stimulus Payments Have Started Going Out, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says
The deposits started even as some senators tried to pass a bill that would increase stimulus checks in the year-end coronavirus relief package to $2,000.
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McConnell Blocks $2,000 Stimulus Checks, Then Ties Them to Unrelated Trump Demands on Tech and Election
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s bid to unanimously pass $2,000 stimulus checks.
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Trump Is Trying to Link Stimulus Checks, Defense Spending to a Contentious Tech Protection – What to Know
Trump has tied repealing Section 230 to the passage of a crucial defense bill and the prospect of approving an increase in coronavirus relief checks to $2,000.