Month: January 2021
Cheney on calls to step down after impeachment vote: I’m ‘confident’ GOP will be united against Biden
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was less interested Thursday in discussing backlash from the party over her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump last week than how congressional Republicans plan to check President Biden's agenda.
Pelosi defends impeachment in face of Biden’s call for unity: ‘We must do it”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday defended Democrats' pursuit of impeachment despite President Biden's repeated calls for uniting a divided nation.
McConnell proposes delaying impeachment trial until February so Trump team can prepare
The timing of former President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial is still unsettled while Senate leaders haggle over how a power-sharing agreement will govern a 50-50 Senate.
Live politics updates: Pelosi says Trump impeachment article will be sent to Senate ‘soon’; Wray to stay at FBI
"I'm not going to be telling you when it is going," Pelosi said. "The other questions are about how a trial would proceed. We are ready."
Democrats still mum on impeachment trial timing
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she still isn’t ready to reveal when she will send the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump over to the Senate — the key move that would ignite the trial.
“I’m not going to be telling you when it is going,” ...
Durbin says Trump impeachment trial ‘unresolved,’ but calls it a ‘priority’
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin on Thursday said he expects the House may send the article of impeachment to the Senate in "a day or two," maintaining that a trial for former President Donald Trump is "a priority."
Liz Cheney faces backlash from GOP over impeachment vote
Democrats split on impeachment trial timing, as White House says Senate should ‘multitask’
Democrats are divided about the timing of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate, worried it could hamstring President Biden's ability to implement his agenda in the early days of his administration. 
White House pressed on Biden’s unity message amid Trump impeachment push
President Biden began his term in office with a message of unity, expressing a desire to move past the rancorous division in the United States and bring people together, while Congress remains set to carry out an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump.