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  • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is 'pleased' at the prospect of Trump being impeached, new report says

    10 days ago - By Business Insider

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell listens to President Donald Trump talks to reporters while hosting Republican congressional leaders and members of Trump's cabinet in the Oval Office at the White House July 20, 2020, in Washington, DC.
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    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell believes President Donald Trump has committed multiple impeachable offenses and is "pleased" at the idea of him being impeached, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
    McConnell thinks that Trump being impeached and then potentially convicted and removed from office by the US Senate...
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  • Warnock and Ossoff won historic Senate seats because of rapidly shifting demographics in key Georgia counties and clear promises of $2,000 stimulus checks

    10 days ago - By Business Insider

    The Georgia runoff victories of Sen.-elect Jon Ossoff, left, and Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock, middle, will boost President-elect Joe Biden's legislative agenda.
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    Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff defeated GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in Georgia's Senate runoff elections through a unique combination of demographic changes, Black voter mobilization, and an emphasis on economics.
    Warnock and Ossoff ran strongly in the core Atlanta metropolitan area, solidifying Democratic suburban gains in former GOP bastions like Cobb and Henry counties.
    Loeffler, who...
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  • Senate Democrats start sketching out a legislative agenda that includes $2,000 stimulus checks as odds of a Trump impeachment trial rise

    10 days ago - By Business Insider

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer .
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    Senate Democrats are beginning to lay out their legislative priorities as the party barrels toward a likely impeachment of Trump.
    Chuck Schumer wrote in a letter that the "first order of legislative business" is another federal rescue package that includes vaccine funds and aid for state and local governments among others.
    "We will get that done," he said of $2,000 stimulus checks.
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    Senate Democrats are beginning to lay out their legislative agenda for the year as the...
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