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Majority of Americans say Nancy Pelosi should send the articles of impeachment to the Senate: poll
A poll released on Friday, Jan. 3, showed that a majority of Americans believe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate. A Harvard CAPS/Harris survey indicated that 58 percent of Americans said that Pelosi should transmit the articles for a ...
Speaker Pelosi decries number of House-passed bills pile up on McConnell’s desk
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) complained on the weekend about a pile of House-passed bills that still await action from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). “Senate Republicans want you to think the House isn’t doing anything. Apparently they’ve missed the stack of House-passed legislation piling up on Leader McConnell’s desk,” Pelosi wrote ...
President Trump impeachment trial reaches a stalemate between Senate leaders
An ongoing political feud about the future of the president reached an impasse between both sides of politics in the upper chamber of Congress on Dec. 23. Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate still cannot decide how to conduct a trial about the impeachment of Donald Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...
Nancy Pelosi earns four Pinocchios from Washington Post for ‘bogus talking point’ on gun statistics
The Washington Post gave House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) four Pinocchios for making false gun statistics on gun deaths of children in multiple of times. The Post pointed out a "startling figure" in Pelosi's remarks when she, in an attempt to pressure Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to take action ...
President Trump’s lawyers question legality of impeachment after Pelosi refused to send articles to Senate
President Donald Trump's lawyers are reportedly exploring the legality of the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to withhold the articles of impeachment from the Senate. "The White House legal theory, according to a person familiar with the legal review, is that if Trump has been officially impeached, the Senate should already ...
Mitch McConnell urges Senate to ‘move on’: ‘We’ve heard enough’ about the impeachment
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday, Dec. 17, argued that “enough” has been “heard” from both sides on the Democrat-led impeachment against President Donald Trump, and dismissed a request by Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) of including witnesses in the looming impeachment trial. “I think we've heard enough. ...
Democrat senator contradicts himself: he claims to be ‘impartial’ but is convinced of the ‘guilt’ of the president
Senate Minority leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) contradicted himself Tuesday, Dec. 17, during an interview in which he bluntly stated, "President Trump knows he's guilty" and then promised that he would be an “impartial juror.” In CNN statements, Schumer, 69, criticized President Donald Trump's letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in ...
Sen Schumer’s vow to be ‘impartial’ at impeachment trial fails to convince President Trump’s supporters
An official, whose job is to make sure Senators do not vote against the position of party leaders, was strongly criticized after promising to act impartially during the next step of the president's impeachment process. Social media users targeted minority leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after he claimed he would not ...
Sen. Schumer criticized for leaking his letter to Sen. McConnell to media before any discussion
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday, Dec. 15, setting out his proposal for President Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate. He then released his letter to the media, and one independent-minded Republican that House Democrats are hoping will back impeachment ...
Schumer wants bipartisan, fair impeachment trial in Senate, seeks to call 4 GOP witnesses
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is proposing to call some GOP witnesses to testify in an expected impeachment trial in Senate this week, which he said must be fair and bipartisan, even after House Democratic leaders have rejected Republicans’ witnesses and are pursuing a partisan impeachment. In a letter sent ...
McConnell predicts some Democrats could vote to acquit President Trump in Senate trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is confident that some Democratic senators could join Republicans to vote to acquit President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial. In an interview with Fox News on Thursday night, Dec. 12, McConnell said he believed no Republicans would vote to impeach and remove President Trump from office. Asked if ...
McConnell expects Senate impeachment trial will start in January 2020
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has indicated that an impeachment trial in the Senate will begin in January though the House Democrats are expected to vote on their impeachment resolutions as soon as next week, The Hill reported. Speaking at a weekly press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 10, McConnell said the ...
McConnell urges President Trump to speak out on violence in Hong Kong
Amid intensifying violence between protesters and the Hong Kong violence, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urged President Donald Trump to speak out on behalf of the protesters in Hong Kong. Speaking on the Senate floor on Monday, Nov. 18, McConnell stressed that given the fact that President Trump has ...
RNC’s ads fire back at Democrats: Stop the madness
The Republican National Comittee (RNC) will run full-page newspaper ad to counterattack the constant efforts that Democrats put into their impeachment quest against President Trump, reported the Daily Caller. The ads aim at calling on constituents of districts held by vulnerable House Democrats, to ask their representatives to focus on the ...
Jeff Sessions to announce Alabama Senate bid
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce that he is entering the race for his old U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, two Republicans with direct knowledge of his plans said Wednesday, Nov. 6. Sessions, 72, will be making a return to the political stage a year after stepping down as President ...
Impeachment trial ‘would not lead to a removal’ if held today, Mitch McConnell says
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday, Nov. 6, told reporters in a statement to Democrats that President Donald Trump would not be removed from office if a mock Senate trial was to be held today. “I will say I’m pretty sure how it’s likely to end,” McConnell told reporters. ...
President Trump: ‘Mitch McConnell will win big in Kentucky next year’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Nov. 6, asserted that Kentucky election results is a victory for Republicans and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will win big in next year. Based on the Kentucky results, Mitch McConnell @senatemajldr will win BIG in Kentucky next year! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2019 Earlier, ...
Democrats block defense spending over border wall
Democrats opposing President Donald Trump's border wall demands have again blocked passage of a proposed 2020 defense spending bill on Thursday, Oct. 31. "Senate Democrats just voted to filibuster the annual funding for the U.S. armed forces. It's the second time they have blocked defense funding in two months. We can't ...
McConnell: Impeachment measure denies Trump ‘basic rights’, makes Schiff ‘de facto special prosecutor’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday, Oct. 30, blasted the House Democrats’ impeachment proceedings resolution. He said it would deny the “most basic rights of due process” to President Trump and effectively elevates House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to a “de facto special prosecutor.” McConnell made a floor speech ...
Sen. McConnell applauds President Trump, US forces for eliminating ISIS leader Baghdadi
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has applauded President Donald Trump and his team for their leadership in eliminating ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “I applaud our intelligence professionals, the brave service members who risked everything to carry out this mission, and President Trump and his team,” McConnell said in a ...
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