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In somewhat of a surprise, the budget request assumes that the proposed capital-gains-related changes would be enacted retroactive to April 2021, which would effectively render a lot of the planning that could otherwise be done from now through the end of 2021 (when presumably the changes would o...

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Blame Our Flawed Constitution for Trumps Acquittal Blame Our Flawed Constitution for Trumps Acquittal We wouldnt be in this mess without the Electoral College and two Senators for every state regardless of size David S. Cohen, provided by Feb. 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail How in the world does a narcissistic wannabe authoritarian get away with inciting his followers to attack the seat of his own government? The answer to that question is first and foremost that well over 80 percent of Republi...

False investigations into a political rival? >> i hope that we will finally move past this nightmare and get to work on deliver results for the american people. >> article i, abuse of power. >> reporter: the articles of impeachment accuse president trump of soliciting foreign interference for corrupt purposes and then trying to cover it up. >> this was, quite simply, a geopolitical shake down. >> he came on to the white house lawn and he said, "i wanted president zelensky to open an investigatio...

Earlier. the democratic leaders letter to me by way of the press literally misquoted the constitution. senator schumer wrote that we should exercise, quote, the senates sole power of impeachment under the constitution with integrity and dignity. he attributed to the senate quote, the sole power of impeachment. well, theres his problem, mr. president, thats the role the constitution gives actually to the house, not to the senate. they give it to the house. article i, section 2 says the house of r...

Judiciary committee has taken formal positions which we can track about this question. i would just direct you to, again, article i, section 2, clause 5. the house of representatives is the sole power of impeachment and can design and structure impeachment as it sees fit. >> mr. cole, not without house rules, they cant. not that it gets authority to go outside house rules. thats the problem here, were going outside house rules. when a counsel has not been here forever, thats what happens here. t...

President trump, including jared golden, democrat from maine. he has said hes voting yes to impeach on article i, but voting no on article two, obstruction of congress. dont know if thats to deal with his district or how he thinks about the case. lets bring in our panel. okay. mara, its a foregone conclusion, this will go to the house and be debated tomorrow. likely along party lines. >> yep. we expect no republicans to vote yes and some democrats to vote no. like jared golden, there might be so...

Protests on the eve of the vot in several cities. what if any impact do you think thats going to have in the minds of the voters and for lawmakers? >> look, im not sure how lawmakers are going to be swayed or not by something like that. i think that for a lot of these democratic lawmakers who are in swing districts, theyre already hearing a lot. theres already a lot of organization from groups like moveon and other big national organizations that are mobilizing around this. this has been a big m...

It comes after a marathon debate marked by angry exchanges and personal attacks, and in the end, the final tally broke along straight party lines. nancy cordes leads off our coverage tonight from capitol hill. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> reporter: the mood in the hearing room was somber as 40 lawmakers cast their votes. >> aye. >> aye. >> my vote is no. >> reporter: first, on article i, abuse of power. >> mr. chairman, there are 23 ayes and 17 nos. >> reporter: the outcome was identical ...