January 15, 2021 7:03 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
The timing for both President Donald Trumpâs impeachment trial and legislation to provide Americans with more Covid relief now largely depends on maneuvering by three of the most veteran legislative tacticians in Congress.
The first indication of how it will unfold may come today when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) holds her weekly news conference. Pelosi signed the single article of impeachment shortly after it was passed by the House on Wednesday. But sheâs given no public clue since then about when it will be formally transmitted to the Senate, a step that triggers the trial.
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President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled his $1.9 trillion coronavirus economic relief package, an ambitious plan that includes a drive to vaccinate 100 million people in his first 100 days in office. Meanwhile, President Trump s post-presidency future remains unclear as he faces a trial in the Senate although Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would not reconvene before January 19, the day before Mr. Trump leaves office.
Speaking from Wilmington, Delaware, Mr. Biden announced what could be the signature legislation of his first 100 days. It s expensive legislation with three major targets: $400 billion for arresting the spread of COVID-19 and increasing vaccine capabilities; over $1 trillion to assist families needing direct financial support; and $440 billion in emergency funds for cash-poor small businesses and communities.
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Trump Impeachment an Example of Unbalanced Legal System: Adviser
President Donald Trump getting impeached for outlining qualms about the 2020 election highlights how the legal system is unbalanced, an adviser said Thursday.
“The American people are entitled to state their positions. If it is somehow seditious to do so, then Nancy Pelosi and pretty much every Democrat who said that the election was stolen, which perpetrated the Russia hoax, in 2016, should be charged with that same sedition, because the rules have to be the same for all Americans,” Boris Epshteyn, a Trump campaign adviser, said on “War Room.”
“We cannot have a different legal system for Republicans than Democrats,” he added.