All the talk of “unity” and “bipartisanship,” the Democrats’ eternal mantra, means in reality that there will be no settling of accounts for those who incited the January 6 insurrection.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, objects to installing metal detectors at the doors of the House floor.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday said the chamber plans to adopt new rules charging members fines for refusing to go through newly installed metal detectors in the U.S. Capitol or refusing to comply with security following last week’s deadly assault.
The fines $5,000 for a first-time offense and $10,000 for a second one – will go into effect when the House returns to session on Jan. 21 and will be taken out of members pay, a news release from the speaker s office said.
Pelosi in a statement said she expressed her deepest gratitude to the U.S. Capitol Police for the valor that they showed during the pro-Trump riot and claimed some Republicans disrespected our heroes by verbally abusing them and refusing to adhere to basic precautions, when they refused to go through the metal detectors.
Trump could be the first US president in history to be impeached twice
Analysis from CNN s Stephen Collinson
President Trump boards Air Force One before departing Harlingen, Texas on January 12. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
Before President Trump came to Washington, only two Presidents had been impeached in the near two-and-a-half century history of the United States.
But Trump is now staring at the shameful distinction of being impeached by the House of Representatives twice in just over a year – a sequence that will leave a deep scar in Washington for a generation – not least because despite his aberrant behavior, Trump retains strong support among Republican lawmakers because of his near mystical hold on the party s populist base.
Among the 232 votes in the House of Representatives to impeach Donald Trump a second time were 10 cast by Republicans and now the GOP has a messy church fight on its hands. That’s because one of the 10 breaking ranks was Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who chairs the GOP conference. The immediate question for House Republicans is whether Cheney should remain in that post after voting to impeach Trump. But this is a proxy fight. The broader question is whether Trump populism ought to remain Republican Party orthodoxy.
Each side is circulating petitions either supporting or opposing Cheney, though the conflict doesn’t cut the conference in half. At least not neatly. It was members of the House Freedom Caucus that began Wednesday morning by trying to force a debate about forcing her from leadership.
WASHINGTON In a bipartisan move, with some Republicans joining Democrats, the U.S. House is barreling toward impeachment of GOP Oval Office occupant Donald Trump for “incitement of an insurrection” the Jan. 6 rebellion to overturn the U.S. government and keep himself in power.