Liz Cheney will learn her fate today after opening Republican civil war by voting to impeach Donald Trump with his loyalists wanting her remove from House leadership in face-to-face showdown
GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney could find out Wednesday if she will stay on in her leadership position after voting to impeach Trump last month
The conference will hold a meeting Wednesday evening where House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy could decide to launch a vote immediately
He could also delay the issue further and send it to an internal committee
Calls within the Party for Cheney to be ousted from leadership ensued after she became the highest-ranking Republican to vote for Trump s impeachment
Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters like a loaded cannon at the US Capitol, House Democrats said. AFP/ File
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters like a loaded cannon at the US Capitol, House Democrats said on Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office.
Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional.
The Democratic legal brief forcefully linked Trump’s baseless efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election to the deadly on Jan 6 riot at the Capitol, saying he bears unmistakable blame for actions that threatened the foundation of American democracy. It argued that he must be found guilty when his impeachment trial opens before the Senate next week on a charge of inciting the siege. And it used evocative language
Joe Biden says he WILL get Republican support for his $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan as he meets Democratic senators after rejecting GOP s $600 billion alternative
President Joe Biden doubled down on his $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, reassuring Democrats he has their back as they muscle it through Congress
Biden reassured his party that a Republican proposal for $600 billion in COVD relief is not even in the cards I m not going to start my administration by breaking a promise to the American people, he said on a phone call with House Democrats
During a meeting with Senate Democrats, Biden said he hoped for GOP support
By Susan Cornwell and Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden told congressional Democrats on Wednesday he would not back down on including $1,400 checks for struggling Americans in his COVID-19 relief plan but would consider tighter limits on who gets them, lawmakers and aides said.
Biden held a conference call with House of Representatives Democrats and talked with Democratic senators at the White House as the party prepared to use a procedural maneuver to push Biden s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package through without Republican votes if necessary. We did have a conversation about the direct payments and how those might be modified in a way to ensure they re targeted, Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat from Biden s home state of Delaware, said as he left the White House Wednesday morning.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress pushed ahead on Wednesday with a maneuver to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package without Republican support, as the White House said it was flexible on a key element of the plan.
Biden told Democrats he would consider tighter limits on who would qualify for $1,400 checks, although he said he would not compromise on the size of the payments. That could possibly narrow the gap between his package and the $600 billion Republican proposal.
Biden has promised to work with Republicans when possible, but he is also pressing Congress to move quickly before existing benefits expire in March.