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Michigan county GOP censures Republican congressman for vote against Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Washington Michigan GOP Rep. Fred Upton was censured Tuesday by a local Republican Party in his congressional district for his vote to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her House committee assignments. The Cass...
PA GOP expected to consider censure of Sen. Pat Toomey over vote to convict Trump
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The Pennsylvania Republican state committee is holding a meeting Wednesday night with the expectations that the issue of censuring Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey over his impeachment vote will be discussed. Sever...
Members of Maine GOP state committee condemn Sen. Susan Collins’ vote to convict Trump
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Members of the Maine Republican Party state committee are condemning "in the strongest possible terms" Republican Sen. Susan Collins' vote to convict former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial this month...
US Capitol police to hold vote of no confidence Thursday
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Members of the US Capitol Police plan to hold a vote of no confidence Thursday, more than a month after the January 6 riot at the Capitol that left dozens of officers injured and led to the death of officer Brian Si...
Here’s *exactly* why this Republican senator switched his vote in the Senate impeachment trial
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Anyone who watched the back-to-back presentations of the House impeachment managers and former President Donald Trump's legal team on the first day of the Senate impeachment trial could see that this was a massive m...
Pope appoints first woman Under-Secretary with right to vote in Synod of Bishops
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Pope Francis has for the first time appointed a female Under-Secretary to the Synod of Bishops, the Vatican announced Saturday. French Sister Nathalie Becquart will be the first woman to be appointed to the position...
Department of Homeland Security stuck in neutral while awaiting confirmation vote for Mayorkas
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Washington The delay in confirming President Joe Biden's Homeland Security secretary has left the department without clear direction as it confronts a series of stark challenges, including domestic terror threats, a ...
Rand Paul to force test vote to gauge Republican support for Trump impeachment trial
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Washington Sen. Rand Paul plans to force a test vote on Tuesday that will show how many Republicans support holding an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump and how many believe a trial should not take ...
Senate to vote on confirmation of Biden secretary of state pick Antony Blinken
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Washington The Senate will vote on whether to confirm Antony Blinken as the new US secretary of state Tuesday. Blinken, a longtime aide to President Joe Biden, received largely bipartisan support in his Senate Forei...
Senate to vote on confirmation of Biden defense secretary pick Lloyd Austin
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The Senate will hold a confirmation vote on Friday for President Joe Biden's defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin. Austin, who retired in 2016 and would be the first African American to run the departmen...
Cotton wants answer from Haines before agreeing to quick confirmation vote
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Sen. Tom Cotton is waiting for an answer from President Joe Biden's director of national intelligence nominee Avril Haines before he agrees to a speedy Senate confirmation vote, in what's likely to determine whether...
The most surprising vote for impeachment came from this Republican
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When Tom Rice voted "yes" on the impeachment of Donald Trump over the President's role in inciting the riot that led to the storming of the US Capitol, most close congressional watchers assumed he had made a mistake...
5 takeaways from the House impeachment vote
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On Wednesday afternoon, to the surprise of absolutely no one, the Democratic-controlled House voted to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in inciting a riot that led to the overrunning of the US Capitol jus...
Tyler Perry says he didn’t get his absentee ballot, so he flew home to Georgia to vote
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Tyler Perry had a problem. Tuesday is Election Day in Georgia -- a runoff race for two seats that will determine which party will have control of the US Senate -- and by Monday, the movie mogul's absentee ballot had...
Argentina’s Senate to vote on historic bill to legalize abortion
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Argentina could make history on Tuesday, as its Senate votes on a bill to legalize abortion. The procedure has long been a divisive issue in the Catholic-majority country, with the impending vote galvanizing activis...
Turning age 18 after Election Day, ready to vote in the Georgia runoffs
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Valerie Ponomarev sealed the envelope of her ballot and walked to the silver drop box in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. "I've been looking forward to this day for so long," she exclaimed. Her absentee bal...