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Schumer sees next big US COVID-19 relief Bill passing in 4-6 weeks
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer walks to the chamber after meeting with new senators from his caucus, at the Capitol in Washington on Jan 21, 2021. (Photo: AP/J Scott Applewhite)
26 Jan 2021 05:31AM (Updated:
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WASHINGTON: The US Senate is aiming to approve some coronavirus relief before former President Donald Trump s impeachment trial begins in early February, but Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned a comprehensive deal may be four to six weeks away.
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday will send an article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday, beginning a trial at which the former president could be convicted of inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. There will be a trial,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. It will be a full trial. It will be a fair trial.”
Democrats rejected Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell s request to delay Trump’s impeachment trial until next month on the ground that Trump’s legal team needs more time to develop a defense strategy.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that proceeding with a Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump would not hurt President Joe Biden’s calls for “unity”.
“The fact is, the president of the United States committed an act of incitement of insurrection,” Pelosi told reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday, a day after Biden was sworn in to replace Trump.
“I don’t think it’s very unifying to say, ‘Oh, let’s just forget it and move on’. That’s not how you unify,” Pelosi said, adding she was not willing to give Trump a “get out of jail free” card just because he has left office.
Lindsey Graham Says Senate Attempt to Disqualify Trump Unconstitutional Act of Political Vengeance
On 1/17/21 at 1:37 PM EST
Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, condemned Democrat-led efforts to convict President Donald Trump and disqualify him from holding elected office in the future, describing the actions as an unconstitutional act of political vengeance.
The House of Representatives last Wednesday impeached Trump a second time, with 10 GOP lawmakers voting in favor alongside their Democratic colleagues. The impeachment came after the president on January 6 helped incite a violent mob to storm the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the Electoral College victory of President-elect Joe Biden. Trump told his supporters at a demonstration ahead of the riot to fight like hell to keep him in office, instructing them to march to the Capitol where lawmakers had convened to certify Biden s win. Five people died in the violence that ensued.