Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Can you cancel a civil war?
While we’re reluctant to employ the language of war, especially after the violence of Jan. 6, we can safely say that the Republican Party’s internal strife is not over.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: After the fist bump
Meanwhile, Johnson grabbed headlines this week for downplaying the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, saying it “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate votes to acquit Trump for incitement of Jan. 6 insurrection
Senate Republicans declined to convict Donald Trump on Saturday for his role in his supporters’ deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, an expected outcome for an impeachment trial that could alter congressional politics
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate votes to open Trump trial to allow witness depositions
The surprise twist comes after the House managers said they want to depose a witness who has new information about Trump’s response to the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol they’re charging him
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Will impeachment even be a blip in 2022 battle for Senate control?
Seven Republican senators crossed party lines and joined all 50 members of the Democratic Conference in voting to convict Trump for inciting the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 to stop
Congress · 117th Congress
New revelation could derail plan for Senate to acquit Trump Saturday
But then news broke late Friday of a damning statement Trump made to House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy during the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol the House is charging him with inciting.
Congress · 117th Congress
Combative Trump defense foretells likely impeachment acquittal
team sought to move quickly to a vote, a move that showed confidence that enough Republicans would remain loyal to their de facto leader to acquit Trump as early as Saturday of incitement of the Jan. 6
Congress · 117th Congress
Impeachment managers urge Senate to use ‘courage’ to convict Trump
Ted Lieu read a line from her resignation letter that said the Jan. 6 attack “has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside.”
Congress · 117th Congress
House managers to show insurrection’s ‘terrible toll’ in appeal to public
The other is persuading the American people that the conduct of President Trump, up to, during and after Jan. 6 disqualifies him from office, which is a decision ultimately in their hands.”
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Impeachment: The Sequel
As Democratic impeachment managers made their case to senators that Donald Trump incited an insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the former president’s second trial also came up on the campaign
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Q-ing up for ’22
Starting gate Still running: In the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and amid ongoing threats against lawmakers, some potential candidates have been raising questions about their safety.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Primary pipe dreams
Fear, guilt, anguish: Congressional staffers are still struggling in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, whether they hid from the violent mob in their workplace or watched in terror
Congress · 117th Congress
Trump conviction unlikely after most GOP senators vote to dismiss impeachment trial
Senate Republicans revealed Tuesday they are unlikely to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol, as a majority of the conference supported a procedural
Congress · 117th Congress
Legal issues are political in Trump impeachment trial
The impeachment over Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol has prompted debate: Can the Senate hold an impeachment trial for a former president for actions taken while in office?
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Twenty-too soon?
Scott Tipton in a GOP primary last year and went on to beat a former state senator by 6 points.
Policy · 117th Congress
Senators to grill Austin on domestic threats, civilian control of Defense
China Austin will also face questions on extremism within the military, which has resurfaced in the national dialogue following the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol in which some former
Congress · 117th Congress
Yellen could win swift confirmation as first female Treasury secretary
And she had been one of the board’s seven members in the mid-1990s after being confirmed 94-6 by the Senate. One current Republican senator voted for her then: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers want Capitol attackers added to U.S. no-fly list
Even as airlines continue to crack down on disruptive passengers in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, lawmakers are stepping up calls to add those who broke into the Capitol to the federal
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: UnPACing
: Add the conservative Koch political network to the list of donors taking an internal look after the Jan. 6 infiltration of the Capitol and GOP lawmakers voting against certifying electoral results.
Policy · 117th Congress
More federal action sought on Trump-supporting flight disruptors
and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Rick Larsen, D-Wash., late Monday asked FAA Administrator Steve Dickson to impose the maximum $35,000 fine on disruptive air travelers in the aftermath of the Jan. 6