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AT LEAST TWO REPUBLICAN SENATORS, LISA MURKOWSKI AND SUSAN COLLINS, EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK ABOUT MCCONNELL’S APPROACH TO THE TRIAL AFTER HE SAID HE WAS ACTING IN “TOTAL COORDINATION” WITH THE WHITE HOUSE AND WOULD NOT BE AN IMPARTIAL JUROR.
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - U.S. REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO ON FRIDAY DEFENDED PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S DECISION TO KILL TOP IRANIAN COMMANDER QASSEM SOLEIMANI, SAYING ON TWITTER THAT THE MILITARY LEADER HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING TO TAKE CONTROL OF IRAQ AND USE IT AS A PLATFORM TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES.
FILE PHOTO: DEMOCRATIC U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SENATOR CORY BOOKER ATTENDS AN EVENT AS PART OF HIS BUS TOUR IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA, U.S. DECEMBER 20, 2019. PICTURE TAKEN DECEMBER 20, 2019. REUTERS/BRENNA NORMAN
EDWARD (ED) JOHN MARKEYTHIRD US SENATOR BANNED FROM THE PHILIPPINES OVER SUPPORT OF TOP GOVERNMENT CRITIC THE RISE OF ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ IN 2019 HILLICON VALLEY: HOUSE PANEL UNVEILS DRAFT OF PRIVACY BILL | SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL TO SANCTION RUSSIA | DEMS ASK HUD TO REVIEW USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION | UBER SETTLES SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES FOR .4M MORE
DUTERTE"S MOVE COMES AFTER THE U.S. CONGRESS APPROVED A 2020 BUDGET THAT CONTAINS A PROVISION INTRODUCED BY THE SENATORS AGAINST ANYONE INVOLVED IN HOLDING DE LIMA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH DRUG OFFENCES IN EARLY 2017 AFTER SHE LED AN INVESTIGATION INTO MASS KILLINGSDURING DUTERTE"S NOTORIOUS ANTI-DRUGS CRACKDOWN.
KELLY LOEFFLER IS SCHEDULED TO BE SWORN IN WHEN THE SENATE CONVENES MONDAY IN WASHINGTON. HER FIRST VOTE SHE CASTS AS A SENATOR COULD COME AT THE CONCLUSION OF TRUMP』S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL ON CHARGES OF ABUSE OF POWER AND OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO BE ACQUITTED BY THE GOP-CONTROLLED SENATE , WHERE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE IS NECESSARY FOR CONVICTION.
SAVANNAH, GA. — GEORGIA』S NEWEST ALMOST-US SENATOR, KELLY LOEFFLER, TOOK A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE PORT OF SAVANNAH THURSDAY. AND AFTER STAYING MOSTLY UNDER WRAPS FOR THE LAST MONTH, SHE ANSWERED QUESTIONS AFTERWARD.
ISAKSON WOULD, AT TIMES, REPRIMAND TRUMP FOR HIS TREATMENT OF THE LATE U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN AND HIS COMMENTS FOLLOWING A WHITE SUPREMACIST RALLY IN VIRGINIA. THE SENATOR USED HIS OUT-SIZED INFLUENCE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE VETERANS’ AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO QUIETLY KILL THE NOMINATION OF WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN RONNY JACKSON TO HEAD THE VA AFTER A SWIRL OF SCANDALOUS ALLEGATIONS SURFACED.
IT"S UNCLEAR IF HYDE-SMITH WILL HAVE ANY OPPOSITION IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. SHE HAS FOCUSED ON RURAL ISSUES AND OPPOSITION TO ABORTION. MISSISSIPPI"S OTHER REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATOR, ROGER WICKER, STOOD BY HER FRIDAY AND SAID THEY ARE "TEAMMATES."
「THIS IS TO REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE WITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS REQUESTED IN SENATOR SCHUMER』S DECEMBER 15 AND DECEMBER 23 LETTERS,」 FEINSTEIN WROTE IN A LETTER TO ALL SENATORS. 「THE HOUSE COLLECTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE DURING ITS INQUIRY. HOWEVER, SEVERAL KEY WITNESSES WERE PREVENTED FROM TESTIFYING AND RELEVANT DOCUMENTS WERE WITHHELD.」
SENATORS WILL LISTEN TO EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY HOUSE MEMBERS IF, AS EXPECTED, THE HOUSE VOTES TO IMPEACH TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT WILL BE REPRESENTED BY DEFENSE LAWYERS, AND U.S. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WILL OVERSEE THE PROCEEDINGS.
“NH NEEDS A US SENATOR WHO WILL PUT OUR CITIZENS FIRST AND NOT ILLEGAL ALIENS; ONE WHO WILL SUPPORT PRO-GROWTH POLICIES TO KEEP THE TRUMP ECONOMY STRONG;
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: U.S. SENATOR KELLY LOEFFLER TOURS WEST POINT KIA PLANT
THE DEMOCRATIC-LED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED THE RESOLUTION BY AN OVERWHELMING 405-11 IN LATE OCTOBER. BUT A VOTE IN THE SENATE, WHERE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP"S FELLOW REPUBLICANS HOLD A MAJORITY OF SEATS, HAD BEEN BLOCKED SEVERAL TIMES BY REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
SENATOR AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL ELIZABETH WARREN SAID: "SOLEIMANI WAS A MURDERER, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF THOUSANDS, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS. BUT THIS RECKLESS MOVE ESCALATES THE SITUATION WITH IRAN AND INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF MORE DEATHS AND NEW MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT. OUR PRIORITY MUST BE TO AVOID ANOTHER COSTLY WAR."
「SENATOR JONES ISN』T INTERESTED IN AN IMPARTIAL SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. HE IS A FOOT SOLDIER IN SUPPORT OF THE TEAM DEDICATED TO A LEFTIST, SOCIALISTIC FUTURE FOR THIS COUNTRY,” SESSIONS ADDED AFTER OUTLINING WHAT HE VIEWS AS JONES’ IMPEACHMENT BIAS. “HE SUPPORTS THE WRONG TEAM, AND THE WRONG VISION. HE WANTS TO HAVE A DEMOCRATIC SENATE MAJORITY THAT WOULD BLOCK CONFIRMATIONS OF CONSERVATIVE JUDGES AND WOULD RESULT IN LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CLAIMING THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF EVERY COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE. THIS DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, PAIRED WITH THEIR EXISTING MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE, WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO TOTALLY DICTATE THE CONGRESSIONAL AGENDA.”
TASKED WITH DELIVERING AN OPENING STATEMENT FOR THE HOUSE MANAGERS – WHO PRESENT THE HOUSE』S CASE TO THE SENATE – REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BARR REMINDED THE SENATORS OF CLINTON』S TENDENCY TO 「NITPICK」 OVER DETAILS OR 「PARSE A SPECIFIC WORD OR PHRASE OF TESTIMONY.」

 

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