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Date Time Perceived erosion of democracy spawns new campaign During his 16 years representing a Long Island district in Congress, Steve Israel said he saw divisiveness and partisanship grow exponentially. By the time he retired from the House of Representatives in 2017, compromise and respect for democratic norms seemed almost irrelevant, he said, and his biggest fear was not of foreign conflict but internal division. “All of that came home in a very powerful and emotional way when I saw the ...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:45 UTC © Samuel Corum/Getty Images House Democrats plan to vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told Democrats on a caucus call Monday, setting up an impeachment vote one week after rioters incited by Trump overran Capitol police and breached some of the most secure areas of the US Capitol. The House will vote Tuesday evening on a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from powe...

But the House minority leader is opposed to impeaching the president.

Rep. Tom Reed said he is open to barring President Trump from holding future office.

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Just days removed from office, former U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small of New Mexico spent Wednesday glued to the television in her Las Cruces home, watching a mob of pro-Trump extremists storm the U.S. Capitol building. Then-U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small speaks to a joint session of the New Mexico Legislature in Santa Fe in 2019. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) The centrist Democrat had been a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of moderate lawm...

According to the caucus’ statement: “We are committed to combating attempts to undermine the will of the American people as expressed through the legitimate results of a democratic election. We are united in our commitment to prevent fraud by protecting the integrity and security of elections in America. As the greatest democracy in the world, the United States prides itself in its adherence to the peaceful transition of power as a core pillar of a functioning, fair political system. Cong...

Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, has not been one of them. In July, when Trump wanted to delay the election, Reed disagreed with the president. Reed was clear, after the election, that once any court challenges were heard and results certified, the country must unite behind the chosen winner. Reed declined this week to stand with those objecting to vote totals in tightly contested areas. He did all that despite his past support of Trump, his status as honorary co-chair of Trump’s New York campaign ...

Jan 9, 2021 Some in Congress have enabled President Donald Trump’s behavior since the November election. U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, has not been one of them. In July, when Trump wanted to delay the election, Reed disagreed with the president. Reed was clear, after the election, that once any court challenges were heard and results certified, the country must unite behind the chosen winner. Reed declined this week to stand with those objecting to vote totals in tightly contested areas. He...

SHARE: In recognition of the fact that their effort to gin up paranoid hysteria among their supporters had perhaps gone a little too far, some Republicans, such as Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, said when Congress reconvened Wednesday night after the breach of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters that they would no longer object to electors in certain battleground states President Donald Trump had lost. But not the Republicans from New York.  In the House of Representatives, all four Republi...