Congress · 117th Congress
Punish Trump, lawmakers say. But what about Congress?
“These Republicans abdicated their oath of office,” she said, without adding what should be done about it.
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“These Republicans abdicated their oath of office,” she said, without adding what should be done about it.
The California Democrat also provided another option for removing Trump, saying Republicans should follow the example their party set with former President Richard Nixon and urge Trump to resign.
“We’re going to see whether or not we have great and courageous leaders or whether or not we have leaders that should be ashamed of themselves throughout history, throughout eternity,” Trump told
“[Facebook and Twitter] should announce a permanent ban of his accounts. Nothing short of that will meet this moment.”
“This never should have happened. This lack of planning led to the greatest breach of the U.S. Capitol since the War of 1812. This is a failure of leadership at the very top.”
“I think whatever point you made before, that should suffice and that we get this ugly day behind us.” Georgia Republican Sen.
He added that the mob members should have been immediately arrested.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said the Dec. 14 Electoral College votes should have been the final chapter on the election, is expected to vote against the objections.
Greene did pull out her mask during the conversation with SAA staff but walked away from the encounter without it on.
That allowed the package to get through their new narrow majority without any Democratic defections.
Tape lines on the carpet marked the socially distanced spots where Pence said he was told senators and their spouses, and family members, could stand safely without their masks on.
What should be bedrock for oversight of foreign policy, enacting an annual measure reauthorizing or overhauling various operations and programs run by the State Department, hasn’t occurred in 20
As the two sides talked, caucus members remained engaged, trading ideas and paper without choosing a corner. “We became the Switzerland,” New York Rep.
Wyden said he agreed with the sentiment that energy policy should be “technology neutral” without subsidies for favored industries, but that it wasn’t time yet to revoke support for the wind electricity
As of late afternoon Sunday, unresolved issues appeared to include whether businesses that received loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program should be able to deduct expenses paid for
“I think we should be able to get a deal done,” Toomey said after an initial meeting with Schumer. Schumer later told reporters Democrats were waiting for a revised offer from Toomey. Sen.
Hoyer, D-Md., said on the floor that plans and schedules should stay flexible. He recessed the chamber until 5 p.m. while talks continue.
Objections to quick Senate passage thinned out one by one, with Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., letting the measure go through on a voice vote after promising to object to any omnibus package without “substantial
Before the law was passed, members were able to trade on information they got from company CEOs in the course of a congressional briefing without legal repercussions.
And we agreed we should not leave town until we’ve made law.” Added Schumer: “We are close to an agreement. It’s not a done deal yet, but we are very close.”