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Clara S. Licata, Esq. January 19, 2021 Sen. Josh Hawley, and the senators and House representatives who supported objections to the electoral count, should be expelled from Congress. Among the images seared into our minds - Confederate and Trump flags flying over the Capitol, capitol police pointing pistols through the windows of the House Chamber to protect House members, a thug sitting in Nancy Pelosi’s office - remember this one: Republican Sen. Josh Hawley from Missouri raising ...

President-elect Joe Biden When Joe Biden begins his presidency tomorrow, he will do so facing the most daunting set of challenges since FDR took the oath of office during the height of the Great Depression nearly 90 years ago. He inherits a pandemic that is raging out of control and that has already killed nearly 400,000 Americans, a related economic downturn, and a nation polarized politically with an all too real threat of violence from right wing extremists, egged on by the outgoing presiden...

NPRs Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, about what legislation he thinks lawmakers will come together across the aisle for and pass quickly.

If any president ever deserved impeachment, it is Donald Trump right here and now. After his stoking the angry mob and sending them off to Capitol Hill last Wednesday, those of us who had doubts about whether Democrats should have pushed for impeachment a year ago have to concede that the case is infinitely stronger now. In short, it’s pretty clear there is no talking House Democrats down from impeaching Trump. Even if there is no chance, either before Jan. 20 or after, of 67 senators voting ...

NorthJersey.com Nearly 20 years ago, America mishandled the warnings that a horrible terrorist attack was about to take place. On Jan. 6, we missed another set of signals about another kind of terrorism. It’s dangerous to compare the bloodbath of Sept. 11, 2001 — the deadliest terrorist attack in American history — to the mayhem at the U.S. Capitol last week. The scale of the 9/11 attacks was immensely greater. Nearly 3,000 people perished on that fateful day. At the U.S. Capitol, five ...

Congressman denounces plans calling for weekend protests at state capitols The Evening Tribune WASHINGTON — Did the assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump mark the culmination of post-2020 election discord, or the beginning?  Rep. Tom Reed (R-Corning) denounced plans circulating online calling for armed protests at state capitols and the U.S. Capitol, beginning this weekend.  “Now is not the time for further violence. Now is the time for (Trump) supporters, wh...

Lindsay France/Cornell University The Institute of Politics and Global Affairs (IOPGA) on Jan. 13 hosted “Bipartisanship in a Time of Crisis? How Members of Congress Can Heal the Wounds and Find Common Ground in a Biden Presidency,” featuring (clockwise from top-left) Steve Israel, IOPGA director; Douglas Kriner, IOPGA faculty director; U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-New Jersey); and U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-New York). Lawmakers: Find common ground to help heal democracy January 15, ...

Xochitl Torres Small represented a largely conservative New Mexico district and tried to govern as a bipartisan "problem solver."

Xochitl Torres Small wont rule out future run for office, talks bridging the partisan divide Michael McDevitt, Las Cruces Sun-News © Nathan J Fish/Sun-News U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small speaks outside Mayfield High School in Las Cruces on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. LAS CRUCES — Where political scholars and media figures see some of the highest polarization in the nation’s history, Xochitl Torres Small still sees the pieces to build bridges. Torres Small, who served as a Demo...

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