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The Senate has voted to confirm Merrick Garland as Attorney General. The vote was 70-30. Garland thus failed to win a majority of Republican Senators. Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton were among those who voted no. Cruz explained that despite Garland’s reputation for integrity, he had “refused to make clear that he would stand against the politicization of the department, which we saw during the Obama-Biden years.” Cotton was concerned
In a long, rambling and inaccurate statement, Rep. Richmond suggested that, not only is Jeff Sessions a racist, but also the entire GOP.
Pennsylvania USA Today Network Editorial Board Should politicians vote their conscience or vote the will of the people who elected them? Our editorial board wrestled with that question this week in the wake of Washington County Republican Party chairman Dave Ball's blunt response to Senator Pat Toomey's vote to convict former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Ball told a Pittsburgh-area TV station "We did not send (Toomey) there to vote his conscience. We did not send him there to do the right thing or whatever he said he was doing. We sent him there to represent us."
Manchin is reportedly undecided on whether or not to confirm Biden's interior secretary nominee.
Jan 15, 2021 Texas A&M says they began investigating archaeology professor Filipe Castro after receiving numerous complaints about his behavior in the class. According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle newspaper, the investigation found that Castro, “[was] demeaning to students who did not agree with your stances on religious matters; made unprofessional comments about current politicians that had no relation to the subject of the class; and made inappropriate, unprofessional and disrespectful comments in the classroom about male and female genitalia.” "Investigation reports say tha...