All but five Republican senators voted to challenge the constitutionality of the trial, suggesting that Democrats were unlikely to find the 17 they would need to join them in convicting the former president.
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Only 5 Republican senators voted to proceed with impeachment trial
Republican Senator Susan Collins speaking to the media at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. She is one of the five Republicans who voted to proceed with the impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection .PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
PublishedJan 28, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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How climate change can become a bipartisan issue in the Biden era New Atlanticist by Larry Luxner
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds a news conference with House Democrats to unveil a plan to cut nearly 90% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building REUTERS/Leah Millis
Fighting climate change should not become a partisan issue, said US Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware who co-chairs the fourteen-member Bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus.
Coons was speaking at the Atlantic Council’s virtual “Common Ground on Climate Bipartisan Summit,” which took place as part of the Council’s 2021 Global Energy Forum. The event was moderated by CNN political commentator Van Jones and former Senator Kelly Ayotte, a Republican who previously represented the state of New Hampshire.