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Opinion: Mike Pence is in a weird spot CNN 1/3/2021 By Richard Galant, CNN © Drew Angerer/Getty Images NEWPORT NEWS, VA - SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive for a campaign rally at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport on September 25, 2020 in Newport News, Virginia. President Trump is scheduled to announce his nomination to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday afternoon at the White House. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) "And now for something completely different," John C...

Mike Pence is in a weird spot “And now for something completely different,” John Cleese routinely intoned between absurdist sketches on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.” He might have been wearing a tuxedo or a pink bikini, and on one occasion he said it while appearing to be roasting on a spit. After the debacle of 2020 — a year that felt a little like being on that spit — many people are yearning for a clean break, “something completely different.” It might be too much to ask. The year begins with two pieces of leftover business: the runoff elections in Georgia Tuesday tha...

Mike Pence is in a weird spot “And now for something completely different,” John Cleese routinely intoned between absurdist sketches on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus.” He might have been wearing a tuxedo or a pink bikini, and on one occasion he said it while appearing to be roasting on a spit. After the debacle of 2020 — a year that felt a little like being on that spit — many people are yearning for a clean break, “something completely different.” It might be too much to ask. The year begins with two pieces of leftover business: the runoff elections in Georgia Tuesday tha...

Debate over $2,000 coronavirus aid checks could spur both Democratic and GOP turnout in Georgia Senate races Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Even though the proposal to increase coronavirus relief checks from $600 to $2,000 may fail in the Senate, backing for the idea from two Georgia Senate incumbents could energize Republican supporters before Tuesday's runoff election. This week, Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue announced their support of an increase in the amount to be sent in checks to Americans, an idea pushed by both Democrats and Preside...

Drive for $2,000 Checks Bogs Down Senate Despite Trump Push Bloomberg 12/30/2020 Erik Wasson and Roxana Tiron (Bloomberg) -- The prospects for boosting stimulus payments for most Americans to $2,000 are fading fast in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate even with GOP leaders under pressure by both President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats. The partisan clash over the payments also is entangling another piece of year-end business in the Senate -- a vote to override Trump’s veto of a crucial $740.5 billion defense policy bill. Senator Bernie Sanders is attempting ...