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Will Kamala Harris, Patrick Leahy Have a Vote in Trump's Impeachment Trial? On 2/8/21 at 8:00 AM EST Ahead of former President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial, many have questioned if Vice President Kamala Harris will have a vote during the trial. Trump was impeached by the House for "incitement of insurrection" as many believed that he sparked the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol when his supporters breached the building in protest of Congress certifying President Joe Biden's victory. As the vice president, Harris is empowered by the Constitution to cast tie-breaking votes in the ...

The new power of Blumenthal and Murphy in a 50-50 Senate FacebookTwitterEmail U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy speaks during an interview following a meeting at a Southwest Community Health Center facility in Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 13, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media WASHINGTON — Soon after the presidential inauguration on Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy will step into a Senate majority for the first time since 2015. And it will mark the first time Democrats have held the White House and both chambers of Congress in a decade. The shift will happen after Georgia ce...

Biden said repeatedly he does not support ending the filibuster Print this article President Biden is bearing down on a national crisis that could make radical policy acceptable to the public, but Senate guardrails are in the way. Two Senate Democrats struck a blow to Biden’s liberal agenda by vowing this week to uphold the legislative filibuster. Those promises seem to have kneecapped liberal calls to nuke the longtime Senate rule that requires most bills to pass 60 votes. The senators were adamant. “I will not vote to bust the filibuster under any condition, on anything that you can ...

Budget Reconciliation and a Business-Crippling Minimum Wage Increase It’s true that the Senate parliamentarian would make recommendations on what needs to come out of a bill governed under the rules of budget reconciliation. However, as James Wallner of the R Street Institute has said, the parliamentarian ultimately has no power. The individual who serves in this role can only give advice. Ultimately, the presiding officer of the Senate makes a determination. Endnotes