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Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:03 pm | כ ח טבת תשפ א
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 7:03 pm | כ ח טבת תשפ א
Then Sen. Joseph Biden talks with then Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Miss. on Capitol Hill in Washington in Jan., 1999. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
A lot has changed in the 20 years since the Senate was last tied at 50-50.
The 2001 power sharing agreement is sure to serve as the template for what the Senate looks like after President-elect Joe Biden takes office. But the world, and the chamber, has changed since that agreement was in effect.
“On January 20, the hope will be to adopt an organizing resolution for the upcoming 50-50 Senate and for committees,” a Senate aide said Monday. “As of now, the 2001 organizing resolution is serving as the basis for negotiations, but the hope is that there may an opportunity to improve upon the agreement.”
Jerry LambeJan 12th, 2021, 6:06 pm
It appears that President
Donald Trump’s once impenetrable dam of Republican allegiance and fealty in Congress may finally be breaking after Trumpism hit too close to home for lawmakers last week at the U.S. Capitol.
Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has reportedly told his colleagues and associates that he is pleased Democrats are impeaching the president for a second time, believing that the move will help him distance the GOP from Trumpism, according to a Tuesday report from the
New York Times.
Democrats in the House of Representatives on Monday formally introduced a single article of impeachment against Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for his role in fomenting rebellion and encouraging his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol last week. Riots ensued, leaving five people dead four of them Trump supporters and one of them on-duty Capitol Police Officer
Since the violent January 6 riots unfolded at the US Capitol, House Democrats have taken up efforts to remove US President Donald Trump from the Oval Office. The two.