Republicans, led by the “Grim Reaper” of the Senate legislative graveyard, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, seem to think that the best way for them to heal their divided party is to unite in opposition to Joe Biden’s plan to tackle the public health and economic crisis that he inherited from Republicans last month, i.e., … Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), is doubling down on her calls for a 9/11-style commission on the January 6 insurrectionist attack on the Capitol, following the impeachment and acquittal GQP jury nullification of former President Donald Trump in the Senate over the weekend. Pelosi had first suggested the creation of such a commission two weeks ago. … Read more
If I were to ask you “who is the worst Republican senator?,” you literally could just “pick one” and I could make the case to support your choice. But if I were to ask you “who is the most pathetic Republican senator?,” I’m reasonably certain that the consensus choice would be John McCain’s former puppet boy, … Read more
A justifiably angry House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ruled out censure after Trump acquittal: After the Senate voted to acquit former President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday ruled out censuring the former president — an idea that several Republicans had floated in recent days. “Censure is a slap in the face of the Constitution. … Read more
For the first time in U.S. history, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate voted for impeachment of a president, and for the first time in U.S. history, to impeach a former president. (Sen. Mitt Romney previously made Donald Trump’s first impeachment bipartisan for the first time in history). The Senate voted 57-43 to impeach … Read more