Last week’s convulsive events gave Joe Biden the keys to unified control of the government, and laid bare the depth of the division in a country the incoming president has insisted he can bring together.
Democrats’ Drive to Oust Trump Hits Reality Check in Congress Bloomberg 1/8/2021 Billy House and Steven T. Dennis
(Bloomberg) A drive among Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump again over his encouragement of the mob that stormed the Capitol this week is running up against the calendar and divisions among Republicans over how to contain the president during his final days in office.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, and said the House will move forward on articles of impeachment if nothing is done, as the chamber’s top Republican warned of dividing the country further.
Shreveport area Republican leaders address future of party When members of the House of Representatives take their oath, they will be swearing into a Congress that has some changes. Democrats are still in charge, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is still at the top. But Republicans flipped more than ten seats – shrinking the Democrats’ majority. (Source: Gray DC) By Kenley Hargett | January 7, 2021 at 9:55 PM CST - Updated February 3 at 10:20 AM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The chaos in Washington, D.C. has shifted the balance of power in Congress.
Louis Avallone, chairman of the Caddo Parish Republican Party, says he does not believe the future of the party is in jeopardy.