The Senate may also vote to permanently prohibit the state official from taking up a public office based on the majori ty. The process applies to officers appointed under the Appointment Clause. The state official may also be prosecuted and fined due to crimes committed while in office. Use O...
Maybe he will be impeached. More probably he will not, but should he be brought to account for his behavior, actions and irresponsibility, it still won’t be time to breathe a sigh of relief. At that point, the fight may only be starting in earnest. There are those in his circle, ...
And this is going to be a facility where we’re going to be able to have 50,000 delegates and alternates and guests and members of the media, who are going to be here and who are going to be safe.” — Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-S.C.) on Republicans blaming Democratic rhetoric for ...
“I have a difficult time understanding again how anyone else in the future is going to want to be on that negotiating team — on anything — if we are going to be against it,” Murkowski added. CNN: Here were some of the key provisions in the now-blocked Senate border measure. ...
Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas Expel members of Congress who supported the January 6 insurrection Conviction or not, Trump must be disqualified from public office I.R.S. must crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats TARGET: Internal Revenue Service ...
Valadao wouldn’t say if he’d back Trump on the presidential ballot (he voted to impeach the former president), saying he’s focused on his own race. Every day POLITICO will highlight one race to watch. Yesterday’s: Ohio Senate. Lead Art: House...
“They were curious. They want to know what is their duty,” said the 91-year-old who formerly served as a Republican leader of the Colorado General Assembly and State Senate. “He committed insurrection and he should not be on the ballot. It’s very simple,” she said. “If they tru...
and dismissed Comey in a bid to curb an investigation into his campaign team’s possible collusion with Russia. No U.S. president has been ousted from office under impeachment proceedings. Two were impeached by the House of Representatives but ultimately acquitted in the U.S. Senate: Andrew ...
Collaboration with a black Senator and a black entertainer’s spouse to advocate for andenact criminal justice reform, passed overwhelmingly by a Republican-controlled House and Senate; he alsopardoned a black boxerconvicted of flouting the racism of his day and has so used his clemency powers tha...
In 2004, Vice President Dick Cheney famously told Senator Pat Leahy, on the Senate floor, to go f*ck himself. Cheney later recounted how many people enjoyed that moment and referred to it as “sort of the best thing I ever did.” In 2011,CNNpublished a list celebrating theTop 16 Foul...