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Article of Impeachment to Be Delivered to Senate on Monday
Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., react to news that the Article of Impeachment against former President Donald Trump will be delivered to the Senate on Monday.
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Congress Poised for Quick Action on Biden's Pentagon Nominee
Congress has sent President Biden the first bill that he’ll sign into law, a measure to allow retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense
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Justice Dept. Won't Charge Sen. Burr Over Stock Sales
Sen. Richard Burr says the Justice Department has told him it will not prosecute him over stock sales made during the coronavirus pandemic, ending an insider trading investigation that led him to at least temporarily step aside from a powerful committee chairmanship last year.
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McConnell: Senate Won't Reconvene Early to Take Up Impeachment Trial
One week after the attacks on the U.S. Capitol – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the earliest the Senate could take up the articles of impeachment would be Jan. 19, unless all 100 senators agree to come back early. McConnell, R-Ky., told his colleagues Wednesday afternoon that he remains undecided whether he’ll vote to convict President Donald Trump.
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Vt. Senator, Soon Assuming New Leadership Role, Vows to ‘Start a New Chapter' of Civility
Wins this week in Georgia by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff gave their party an edge in the U.S. Senate, which means Vermont’s senior senator will gain a powerful leadership role. “I want to start a new chapter for America,” vowed Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont. The longest-serving member of the incoming majority party in the U.S. Senate...
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Leahy Set to Assume Key Leadership Role in US Senate
Vermont will gain some big power in Washington, D.C., this month when Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy will take over a leadership role in the U.S. Senate.
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Control of the Senate Gives Democrats Chance to Act on Judges, $2,000 Checks and Ambitious Biden Agenda
Democrats will control both the White House and Congress for the first time since the first half of President Barack Obama’s first term.
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Schumer: Jan. 6, 2021 ‘Will Live Forever in Infamy'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., addresses the Senate after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building.
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Pence to Rioters: ‘You Did Not Win'
Vice President Mike Pence addressed the Senate on Wednesday night after rioters stormed the Capitol building.
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Democrats Clinch Slim Majority in Senate as Jon Ossoff Is Projected to Beat David Perdue
Democrats will have unified control of Capitol Hill and the White House for at least the first two years of President-elect Joe Biden’s term.
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In a First, Congress Overrides Trump Veto of Defense Bill
Congress has overridden President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago
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Alex Padilla Tapped to Become First Latino US Senator For Calif.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to fill the U.S. Senate being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, with California’s Secretary of State Alex Padilla.
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Who Will Replace Kamala Harris in the Senate? California Governor Weighs a Shortlist of Firsts
Robert Garcia remembers watching on television as then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the county to issue same-sex marriage licenses in 2004. A young gay man in his 20s at the time, Garcia called it a “light switch” that ignited his passion for public service. Now, Garcia, 43, mayor of Long Beach, California, is one of four people Newsom, now…
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5 Things to Know About John Kerry
President-elect Joe Biden nominated former Secretary of State John Kerry to be special presidential envoy for climate. Here are five things to know about Kerry.
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Sen. Rick Scott Tests Positive for Covid, Says He Has ‘Very Mild Symptoms' and Will Work From Home
The Florida Republican’s diagnosis comes three days after Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, announced his own coronavirus diagnosis.
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‘She Knows Maine': How Susan Collins Defied Democrats and Won Reelection
If Republicans are able to hold onto their majority in the U.S. Senate, the remarkable staying power of Susan Collins will be a big reason why. Collins defied prognostications of doom from Washington’s consultant class to score perhaps the most unexpected victory of the 2020 cycle, hanging a lopsided loss on a Democratic challenger despite a pile of outside...
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Cunningham Concedes to US Sen. Tillis in North Carolina
Democrat Cal Cunningham has conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina
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McConnell, Schumer to Lead, But Senate Majority Uncertain
Senators chose party leaders Tuesday with few changes at the top
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Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Rejects Call for Resignation by 2 GOP Senators
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, sharply criticized two the state’s two Republican senators on Monday after the lawmakers called on him to resign, citing his “failures,” without citing evidence, of his management of the election, NBC News reports.
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Rep. Richard Neal Defeats Progressive Challenger in Mass. Race
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, held off Democratic challenger Alex Morse in Tuesday’s primary after an acrimonious campaign that included allegations of sexual misconduct leveled at his younger opponent. The contest was one of four in Massachusetts where U.S. House candidates were competing Tuesday for the chance to...