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    4 Ways Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial Will Be Different From His First

    The sequel to Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will begin about one year after the Senate voted to acquit him the first time.  House impeachment managers delivered an article of impeachment Monday to the Senate, where Trump’s second trial is set to begin Feb. 8. Senators on Tuesday took an oath to be impartial, as they…
    Fred Lucas
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    New Congresswoman Vows to Stand Against Radical Agenda of Leftist ‘Squad’

    Freshman Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., is one of several new members of Congress who have formed the “Freedom Force.” The group of conservative Republican leaders says it will stand against the far-left agenda being promoted by the so-called squad led by fellow New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal Democrats.  Malliotakis is the daughter…
    Virginia Allen
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    In the Last House Race Undecided, the Republican Leads by 29 Votes

    The only remaining congressional race still not certified will have to wait until at least Jan. 27—and even after that, legal appeals will likely ensue.  Republican Claudia Tenney currently leads Democrat Anthony Brindisi by 29 votes in the race in New York’s 22nd Congressional District.  But late Wednesday, a state judge ordered the Oneida County…
    Fred Lucas
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    3 Ways Congress Tested Its Commitment to Constitution Over 7 Days

    While “unprecedented” seemed to be an apt word to describe much of 2020, the beginning of 2021 seems to be continuing the trend by being precedent-breaking in its own right.  In the first weeks of 2021, America witnessed Congress face a series of monumental tests of its commitment to the U.S. Constitution, with the outcome of…
    Kay C. James
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    Here’s What Might Happen If Senate Opts to Hold 2nd Impeachment Trial

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first president to be impeached a second time. The House voted 232 to 197 to impeach the president, with 10 Republican members joining all of the Democrats.  President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration is less than a week away, which doesn’t give the Senate enough time to hold a trial…
    Virginia Allen
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    What You Need to Know About Democrats’ 9 Impeachment Managers

    One is battling a scandal about his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy. Two pushed for removing President Donald Trump during his first year in office. One built a reputation for trolling Trump, while another is the son of a lawyer for the Mafia.  The sequel to last year’s Trump impeachment trial will feature a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Ocasio-Cortez Says Congress Must ‘Rein in’ Media Environment

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says that Congress is looking into reining in “our media environment” to prevent the spread of disinformation. Ocasio-Cortez discussed how she feared for her life during last week’s Capitol riot in a livestream Tuesday evening on Instagram, Fox News reported. A viewer asked Ocasio-Cortez if Congress is discussing “truth and reconciliation…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Could Trump Face Impeachment Trial After Leaving Office? 7 Things to Know

    Democrats want to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, but they’ll have to hurry—even to get a simple majority vote in the House of Representatives.  The goal of a second impeachment would be to disqualify Trump from holding office again. Or, more to the point, prevent him from running for president in 2024. …
    Fred Lucas
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    Schumer Calls for Trump’s Ouster by Impeachment or 25th Amendment

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday called for President Donald Trump to “immediately” be removed from office, either through invoking the 25th Amendment or through impeachment. “What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office one day longer,”…
    Chuck Ross
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    Rep. Ilhan Omar to Introduce Articles of Impeachment Following Mob Violence at Capitol

    Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., announced she was drawing up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump after a mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol building Wednesday. “Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate,” Omar said. “We can’t allow him to remain…
    Andrew Kerr
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    Inside the Grassroots Effort to Win Georgia’s 2 Senate Races

    Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff appear to have defeated Georgia’s incumbent Republican senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, giving the Democrats a majority in the U.S. Senate. Georgia’s two runoff elections were required under state law after no candidate received a majority of the vote Nov. 3. Janae Stracke, the grassroots director of Heritage…
    Virginia Allen
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    7 Big Moments in Congress’ Debate of Electoral College Vote for President

    Congress has certified Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, making him the nation’s 46th president, following lawmakers’ debate Wednesday that went past midnight after being interrupted by rioters who stormed the Capitol in the afternoon.  The rioters forced a lockdown of the Capitol that suspended lawmakers’ debate in a joint session of Congress over counting and…
    Fred Lucas
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    Everything You Need to Know as Congress Debates Electoral College Vote for President

    President Donald Trump sounded confident during a rally Monday night in Georgia about his chances for victory after the House and Senate convene a joint session Wednesday to count the Electoral College votes for president.  But the probability of altering former Vice President Joe Biden’s lead of 302 votes to Trump’s 232 votes in the…
    Fred Lucas
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    How Does Congress’ Electoral College Certification Process Work?

    Congress is set Wednesday to certify the results of the Electoral College vote. What is the Electoral College certification process, and how does it work? Additionally, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and 10 other Republican senators are asking for an “emergency ‘audit’ of results in battleground states where President Donald Trump disputes the outcome,” according to DallasNews.com….
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Washington Deserves Its ‘Brutalism’

    In his 1981 diatribe against contemporary American architecture, “From Bauhaus to Our House,” Tom Wolfe notes that seemingly every American child “goes to a school in a building that looks like a duplicating-machine replacement-parts wholesale distribution center warehouse.” Anecdotally speaking, this still seems to be the case in East Coast metro areas like Washington and…
    David Harsanyi
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    3 Keys to Understanding Senators’ Proposal to Audit Presidential Election

    In a move that isn’t without precedent, 11 Senate Republicans are pushing for a special panel to investigate questions of fraud arising from the presidential election.  Some conservatives oppose such objections to the election outcome, in which former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, claimed an Electoral College victory of 306 votes to the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Conservatives Mock Use of ‘Amen and Awoman’ to End Prayer Opening 117th Congress

    Conservatives mocked a Democratic representative’s decision to conclude a Sunday prayer opening the 117th Congress with the words “amen and awoman.” “We ask it in the name of the monotheistic God, [unintelligible], and God known by many names and by many different faiths. Amen and awoman," Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., an ordained United Methodist pastor, said at…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    New Radical Rules for a New Radical Congress

    The House of Representatives was expected to vote Monday afternoon on a rules package that will govern their processes for the 117th Congress. This package represents an ultimate power grab by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was reelected to the post by a razor-thin vote of 216-209. The rules give us an insight as to…
    Mike Howell
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    11 Republican Senators Will Object to Electoral College Certification

    Eleven Republican senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, announced Saturday that they would object to the certification of states’ Electoral College votes when Congress meets Wednesday in a joint session “Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns…
    Andrew Trunsky
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    Congress Braces for Dramatic End to Disputed 2020 Election

    The House and Senate are poised to debate a presidential election outcome for only the third time since 1887, when Congress passed the Electoral Count Act.  The prospect comes amid litigation that seeks to force the hand of Vice President Mike Pence ahead of the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress to finalize the election…
    Fred Lucas
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