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Senate Rejects Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Proposal After Seven Democrats, One Independent Vote No

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 05, 2021 20 Comments

Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) $15 minimum wage amendment to the COVID-19 relief bill failed after seven Democrats, and one independent voted against it. It went down 58-42.

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FBI Official Tells Senate No One ‘Recovered’ Guns During Capitol Hill Riots

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 04, 2021 54 Comments

FBI Assistant Director Jill Sanborn told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) that no one recovered any guns during the Capitol Hill riots on January 6th.

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FBI Director Wray: Agency ‘Can’t Yet Disclose’ Sicknick’s Cause of Death

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 02, 2021 68 Comments

I am not a conspiracy theorist, but this is way too weird. FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate his agency cannot disclose Officer Brian Sicknick's death, even though his death led to intense coverage of the Capitol Hill riots.

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Senate Parliamentarian Kicks $15 Minimum Wage Out of COVID-19 Relief Bill

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 26, 2021 23 Comments

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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Having Lost Impeachment Trial, Dems Now Considering 14th Amendment Disqualification Against Trump

Posted by Stacey Matthews on February 14, 2021 106 Comments

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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Dawn of The Dead-On-Arrival Impeachment Trial – Defense Case LIVE

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 12, 2021 40 Comments

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

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GA Election Board Investigating Sen. Warnock for Voter Registration Fraud

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 11, 2021 58 Comments

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

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Impeachment Trial: Trump Lawyers Present Arguments on Constitutionality of the Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 09, 2021 51 Comments

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

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Trump’s Lawyer Previews Defense Strategy, Says Will Use Videos of Democrats During Trial

Posted by Stacey Matthews on February 07, 2021 36 Comments

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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Dems Defeat Amendment Withholding Taxpayer Money to Public Schools That Don’t Open After Vaccinations

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 05, 2021 16 Comments

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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Schumer Calls McConnell’s Filibuster Request ‘Unacceptable’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 22, 2021 93 Comments

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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NBC Poll: Trump Retains Overwhelming Republican Support, Overall Job Approval Steady Since Election

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 18, 2021 53 Comments

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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Impeachment Problem? Chief Justice Roberts May Not Have Constitutional Authority To Preside At Trial Of FORMER President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2021 108 Comments

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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Impeachment 2.0 – No, the Senate cannot convict Trump after he leaves office

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2021 68 Comments

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 Senate Rules (unless there is unanimous consent to waive them, which will not happen) is an hour after Biden takes office on January 20.

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LIVE UPDATES — Capitol Hill Protest Fallout

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 07, 2021 45 Comments

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

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Pence Speaks at the Senate: ‘You Did Not Win’ and ‘This is Still the People’s House’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 06, 2021 39 Comments

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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LIVE: Congress Counts Electoral Votes, Some Republicans Plan to Challenge Results

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 06, 2021 25 Comments

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 Senate Runoff RESULTS — Warnock Wins, As of Tuesday Night, Other Race Still Too Close to Call

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 05, 2021 150 Comments

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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