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Copy to Clipboard Adam Kinzinger, Elizabeth Cheney, John Katko and Jaime Herrera Beutler (Getty Images) The House had enough votes on Wednesday, January 13, to impeach President Trump for inciting a violent insurrection against the United States government. The House voted to impeach Trump for the second time -- making him the only U.S. president to ever be impeached twice. The resolution passed with 232 “Ayes”, 197 “Nays”, and four legislators abstaining from voting. Of th...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed. AP photo Due to the lack of a full investigation into the charge of “incitement of insurrection,” Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, said he doesn’t support the articles of impeachment the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday. During a conference call with regional media outlets prior to the vote, Reed said the division and anger that is being exacerbated cannot be underappreciated as he calls for a peaceful transition of power to take place on Jan. 20 when President-el...

The House Democrats had little patience for the Run-Out-the-Clock Republicans on Wednesday as they rallied around their leader, President Donald J. Trump, before he earned his ignominious entry into history as the only president who was impeached twice. To many Democrats, the evidence was clear and infuriating: Trump whipped up the mob to save his own political career and, in the process, damaged the sacred citadel of Democracy. "No one is above the law, whether he has four years or four days,...

Credit...Oliver Contreras for The New York Times When all the facts come out about the treasonous attack on the U.S. Capitol inspired by President Trump, impeaching him three times won’t feel sufficient. Consider this Washington Post headline from Monday: “Video Shows Capitol Mob Dragging Police Officer Down Stairs. One Rioter Beat the Officer With a Pole Flying the U.S. Flag.” That said, while I want Trump out — and I don’t mind his being silenced at such a tense time — I’m not ...

The 2021 American Farm Bureau Federation Convention is underway. One of the major talking points is 2021 ag policies.

Pa. congressman suggests censuring Trump to colleagues divided on impeaching him PennLive.com 1/13/2021 Charles Thompson, pennlive.com When the U.S. House of Representatives votes on an unprecedented second impeachment of President Donald J. Trump Wednesday evening, for Pennsylvania voters it may feel a little like deja vu all over again. With one wild card. Pennsylvania’s nine House Democrats appeared ready to roll the vote, with all nine having voiced support this week for...

Upstate Republicans Split Over Trump Impeachment PUBLISHED 5:19 AM ET Jan. 13, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:19 AM EST Jan. 13, 2021 SHARE Upstate New York Republicans in Congress are split over whether President Trump should be impeached or censured in the coming days as the new Biden administration prepares to take office.  The disparate views from lawmakers like Rep. Elise Stefanik, a staunch supporter of the president; Rep. John Katko, who backs i...

Thomas L. Friedman: Trump is blowing apart the GOP. God bless him. We can dial down the madness by splitting the principled conservatives from the Trump loyalists. (Oliver Contreras | The New York Times) President Donald Trump talks to reporters at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, before boarding Marine One for a trip to Alamo, Texas, his first public appearance in nearly a week after his supporters violently attacked the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn election resu...

If you look closely, there are four factions: principled conservatives, pragmatic conservatives, unprincipled conservatives and Trump cultists.

Or as Donald Trump jnr explained to the soon-to-be rioters (whom Ivanka called "patriots"), the Republican Party needed a wake-up. All those Republicans in Congress, said Don jnr, "did nothing to stop the steal. This gathering should send a message to them: This isnt their Republican Party any more. This is Donald Trumps Republican Party." You tell em, Donny. The more you insist on that, the more principled Republicans will have to leave. And since a recent Quinnipiac survey showed that more th...