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01/08/2021 03:23 PM EST
GET FAMILIAR WITH SENATE DEMOCRATS’ NEW BUZZWORD: Democrats won back control of the Senate in this week’s runoff elections but President-elect Joe Biden still finds himself without a filibuster-proof majority in the chamber, a dynamic that threatens his boldest proposals. Enter budget reconciliation, a tool newly on the table with Vice President-elect
House Democrats are prepared to impeach President Donald Trump if he doesn’t immediately resign, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, as the president came under increasing pressure from members of both parties for encouraging a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Knocking back a vote led by Sen. Rand Paul on whether the trial is "unconstitutional," the Senate will reconvene in February for former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Here's what's happening, what's at stake and what could take place during the trial.