Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled the Democrats cannot include the $15 minimum wage hike in the COVID-19 relief bill under budget reconciliation.

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Even before the Senate voted Saturday to acquit Donald Trump for the second time, the discussions about either censuring Trump or invoking the 14th Amendment against him were fast and furious among Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media.

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President Donald Trump’s defense team starts its defense at 12 p.m. ET.

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Forbes reported the Georgia State Election Board voted unanimously to investigate new Sen. Raphael Warnock for voter registration fraud.

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The Senate kicks off President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial today at 1 p.m. ET.

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Last week, President Trump announced a new team of lawyers who would be presenting his defense during the Senate’s impeachment trial, which is scheduled to begin later this week.

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Republican Sens. Roy Blunt and Tim Scott offered an amendment to the $1.9 trillion relief proposal to deny taxpayer money to public schools that do not open even after teachers get the COVID-19 vaccine.

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The Democrats and Republicans split the Senate 50-50, but Democrats have a slight majority since Vice President Kamala Harris holds the tie-breaking vote.

But what about the filibuster? That is one topic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell must decide in their power-sharing agreement discussions.

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The media has bombarded us with headlines that President Trump will leave office with his lowest approval rating (the number most often cited is Pew’s 29%).  An interesting thing happens, however, when pollsters poll registered voters instead of whoever answers a phone.

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Donald Trump no longer will be president as of noon on January 20, 2021, when Joe Biden is sworn in. At some point after that, possibly just hours, the Senate under control of Democrats will initiate an impeachment trial of the then-former president.

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The U.S. House will be voting today to impeach Trump. It’s a done deal because Democrats have the majority, and probably will get about 20 Republicans to join them. Then it eventually heads to the Senate for trial, where Mitch McConnell has said the earliest a trial could be held under...

We will put updates here throughout the day on anything related to the violence on Capitol Hill yesterday.

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Vice President Mike Pence addressed the Senate as they made their way back to work after a horrible day at the U.S. Capitol.

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Congress will convene at 1 p.m. ET to count the 538 electoral votes. At least 12 Republican senators will challenge the results along with a handful of Republican House members.

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Georgia voters are picking their U.S. senators on Tuesday.

This election will determine which party controls the senate. However, if it splits tonight, the control would go to the democrats since Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be the tie-breaking vote.

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These students knocked on doors and made phone calls. They get an A for effort, no matter the outcome.

The College Fix reports:

Conservative students descend on Georgia en masse to defend Republican Senate majority

Georgia voters will decide on Tuesday which party controls the U.S. Senate. Conservative students plan to make a difference...

Georgia voters hit the polls on Tuesday to elect their U.S. senators. These votes will determine if a party will hold the majority or ends up 50-50.

But could President Donald Trump’s Saturday phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger affect the outcome? The story is definitely clouding over the...