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Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly are not
saying where they stand on former President Donald Trump s impeachment trial, but both have made it clear they blamed Trump for instigating the angry horde of rioters who overtook the U.S. Capitol in a deadly rampage that left five people dead.
But for Sinema and Kelly, both Democrats from swing-state Arizona who are viewed as among the Senate s most vulnerable members, Trump s trial could seem more like an afterthought to tougher and more consequential votes that lie ahead on President Joe Biden s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package.
Trump s Senate trial is set to start at 11 a.m. Arizona time Tuesday. As jurors, Sinema and Kelly will vote on whether Trump is guilty or not guilty on an article of impeachment that says Trump incited the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. If Trump is found guilty, he would be blocked from ever seeking office again, but a conviction would require a two-thirds Senate vote and Trump appears t
24 Feb 2021Washington, DC
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has a fresh spring in his step after the Republicans defied the odds and professional political prognosticators by picking up 15 seats in the 2020 congressional elections.
McCarthy, who has his eyes on the majority in November 2022, approached the 2020 congressional elections differently than Republicans in recent history have traditionally targeted congressional electoral efforts, and his moves paid off and not only infuriated but befuddled the beltway pundit class.
For the first time since 1994, in 2020 no GOP incumbent running for reelection lost. Meanwhile, McCarthy blew away fundraising records previously set by former House Speaker Paul Ryan astonishing since he did it from the minority. Usually, House political leaders do better raising money from the majority. That’s not to mention the most significant development which is a freshman class entering Congress in 2021 that represents perhaps the most diverse in party