Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, suggested that she might want to leave the Republican Party.
During an interview with CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju on March 24, he asked her how Murkowski felt about Trump calling January 6 prisoners “hostages.”
“I don’t think that it can be defended,” she responded.
“What happened on January 6 was an effort by people who stormed the building in an effort to stop an election certification of an election,” she added. “It can’t be defended.”
“I wish that – that as Republicans, we had a – we had a nominee that I could get behind,” the Alaska senator stated. “I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump.”
“Are you considering being an independent at this point,” Raju then asked Murkowski.
“Oh, I think I’m very independent-minded,” she replied jokingly.
“Officially though,” Raju clarified. “Officially.”
“I just regret...
During an interview with CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju on March 24, he asked her how Murkowski felt about Trump calling January 6 prisoners “hostages.”
“I don’t think that it can be defended,” she responded.
“What happened on January 6 was an effort by people who stormed the building in an effort to stop an election certification of an election,” she added. “It can’t be defended.”
“I wish that – that as Republicans, we had a – we had a nominee that I could get behind,” the Alaska senator stated. “I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump.”
“Are you considering being an independent at this point,” Raju then asked Murkowski.
“Oh, I think I’m very independent-minded,” she replied jokingly.
“Officially though,” Raju clarified. “Officially.”
“I just regret...
- 3/25/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Brad Paisley joined a delegation of U.S. senators on a trip to Ukraine, where he performed in Kyiv’s Saint Michael’s Square and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The trip came just a month after Paisley marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a new song, “Same Here,” that featured a conversation with Zelensky. During his impromptu acoustic performance, Paisley played “Same Here,” as well as a Ukrainian folk song.
Paisley shared a video of his performance on Instagram, writing, “Emotional experience seeing all this first hand.
The trip came just a month after Paisley marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a new song, “Same Here,” that featured a conversation with Zelensky. During his impromptu acoustic performance, Paisley played “Same Here,” as well as a Ukrainian folk song.
Paisley shared a video of his performance on Instagram, writing, “Emotional experience seeing all this first hand.
- 4/12/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The DGA and IATSE are praising Congress for passing the Respect for Marriage Act, which ensures federal recognition of same-sex and interracial unions.
The legislation, which was introduced in the wake of the Supreme Court’s repealing of Roe v. Wade, received bipartisan support. It was approved today in the House of Representatives by a vote of 258-169 and in the Senate last week by a vote voted 61-36, and the bill now heads to President Joe Biden for his signature.
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“The DGA applauds both houses of Congress for the bipartisan passage of the Respect for Marriage...
The legislation, which was introduced in the wake of the Supreme Court’s repealing of Roe v. Wade, received bipartisan support. It was approved today in the House of Representatives by a vote of 258-169 and in the Senate last week by a vote voted 61-36, and the bill now heads to President Joe Biden for his signature.
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“The DGA applauds both houses of Congress for the bipartisan passage of the Respect for Marriage...
- 12/8/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: The Senate passed a bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage rights at the federal level, drawing bipartisan support for legislation likely to clear Congress and be signed by President Joe Biden.
The Supreme Court advanced marriage equality in several landmark decisions over the past 55 years, but the court’s decision in June to reverse Roe vs. Wade has raised fears that other precedents may also be in jeopardy.
“The first people I will call when this bill passes is my daughter and her wife,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the floor of the Senate before the final vote. After members clapped when the final roll call was announced, Schumer said, “What a great day.”
The bill, the Respect for Marriage Act, cleared the Senate 61-36, with Democrats joined by 12 Republicans in support. The GOP members included Roy Blunt of Missouri, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia,...
The Supreme Court advanced marriage equality in several landmark decisions over the past 55 years, but the court’s decision in June to reverse Roe vs. Wade has raised fears that other precedents may also be in jeopardy.
“The first people I will call when this bill passes is my daughter and her wife,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the floor of the Senate before the final vote. After members clapped when the final roll call was announced, Schumer said, “What a great day.”
The bill, the Respect for Marriage Act, cleared the Senate 61-36, with Democrats joined by 12 Republicans in support. The GOP members included Roy Blunt of Missouri, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia,...
- 11/29/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Lisa Murkowski won a fourth full term in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Murkowski, a centrist Republican who broke party ranks last year, fended off a challenge from Trump-endorsed Republican, Kelly Tshibaka. The race also included Democrat Pat Chesbro and Republican Buzz Kelley, who suspended his campaign after the August primary and backed Tshibaka.
Last year, Murkowski overcame conservative backlash after calling on President Trump to resign and saying she was questioning her future with the Republican Party days after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
Last year, Murkowski overcame conservative backlash after calling on President Trump to resign and saying she was questioning her future with the Republican Party days after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
- 11/24/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
“I think if [Republicans] win, I should get all the credit,” Donald Trump said in an interview immediately before the midterms. “And if they lose, I should not be blamed at all.”
Now that the results are in and Republicans suffered historic losses this election cycle while failing to flip the Senate, Trump is trying to blame Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for the party’s lackluster performance, according to a report from CNN.
“He isn’t making explicit asks, but he wants to see more Republicans holding Mitch accountable,” a...
Now that the results are in and Republicans suffered historic losses this election cycle while failing to flip the Senate, Trump is trying to blame Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for the party’s lackluster performance, according to a report from CNN.
“He isn’t making explicit asks, but he wants to see more Republicans holding Mitch accountable,” a...
- 11/13/2022
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Voters did not deliver Republicans the decisive House and Senate victories the GOP anticipated on Tuesday night. Democratic House candidates held onto seats the GOP had been certain to capture. The only Senate seat that changed partisan hands as of Wednesday morning flipped turned blue, not red. For now, the outcome in dozens of House races and a handful of Senate seats remain uncertain, leaving the reins of each chamber unclaimed.
The results of four U.S. Senate races remain outstanding. A fifth race, Wisconsin’s Senate contest between incumbent...
The results of four U.S. Senate races remain outstanding. A fifth race, Wisconsin’s Senate contest between incumbent...
- 11/9/2022
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
Congress has finally taken notice of an unprecedented wave of fatalities at Fort Bragg, some 17 months after Rolling Stone first brought attention to an apparent drug crisis at the base.
This morning, a group of five senators led by Sen. Edward Markey demanded answers from the military on the subject of overdose deaths in the armed forces, in a letter sent to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Lisa Murkowski, John Cornyn, and Martin Heinrich were also signatories to the letter, which posed six questions to the Pentagon,...
This morning, a group of five senators led by Sen. Edward Markey demanded answers from the military on the subject of overdose deaths in the armed forces, in a letter sent to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Lisa Murkowski, John Cornyn, and Martin Heinrich were also signatories to the letter, which posed six questions to the Pentagon,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Seth Harp
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has endorsed Carl Paladino, a far-right Republican running to represent New York’s 23rd District in the House of Representatives, and who hired a convicted sex offender to work on his campaign. “Carl is the America First, pro-Trump candidate in the race,” Greene wrote in a statement.
I am honored to have the endorsement of America First warrior @RepMTG. No one is standing up to Joe Biden’s radical agenda better than her. I look forward to working with her to stop Joe Biden and push pro-Trump policies in Congress.
I am honored to have the endorsement of America First warrior @RepMTG. No one is standing up to Joe Biden’s radical agenda better than her. I look forward to working with her to stop Joe Biden and push pro-Trump policies in Congress.
- 8/22/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
On Monday, four centrist senators rolled out a bill that, if passed, promises to codify Roe, the long-standing Supreme Court precedent that protected women’s right to access abortion for almost five decades. “After the Supreme Court gutted a woman’s right to make personal health care decisions, Congress must restore that right,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), one of the bill’s chief sponsors, said in a statement. “That’s why I’ve worked with my colleagues to find common ground on this bipartisan compromise that would do just that.
- 8/8/2022
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump was in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday night to headline a rally in support of Sarah Palin’s bid for Congress and Kelly Tshibaka’s bid to primary Lisa Murkowski, the longtime Republican senator whom the former president doesn’t feel has been sufficiently loyal. Trump attacked Murkowski relentlessly after he took the stage a little after 4:00 p.m. local time, and even bashed Alaska’s other Republican senator, Dan Sullivan, for daring to endorse her. “Murkowski is a bad person,” Trump said. “Dan Sulilvan should be ashamed of himself.
- 7/10/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Update, 9:55 Am: “With a full heart, I accept the solemn responsibility of supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States and administering justice without fear or favor, so help me God,” said Ketanji Brown Jackson today, becoming the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the first Black woman to serve on the high court.
Sworn in by her immediate successor, retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, now Justice Brown’s move into the conservative dominated Scotus comes almost three months since her conformation by the Senate back in April. “On behalf of all the members of the court, I’m pleased to welcome Justice Jackson to the court and to our common calling,” said Chief Justice John Roberts after the swearing in was completed – as you can see below:
Breaking: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson officially sworn in as first Black female justice of the Supreme Court.
Sworn in by her immediate successor, retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, now Justice Brown’s move into the conservative dominated Scotus comes almost three months since her conformation by the Senate back in April. “On behalf of all the members of the court, I’m pleased to welcome Justice Jackson to the court and to our common calling,” said Chief Justice John Roberts after the swearing in was completed – as you can see below:
Breaking: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson officially sworn in as first Black female justice of the Supreme Court.
- 6/30/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A bill to protect abortion rights failed to clear the Senate on Wednesday, as Democrats seek to highlight to looming prospect that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe V. Wade.
The Senate voted 49-51, far short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation, albeit the outcome was anticipated. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-wv) joined with all Republicans to oppose the bill.
The Women’s Health Protection Act would put Roe V. Wade abortion access protections into federal law, and also ban certain state restrictions on care.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer scheduled the vote after Politico published a draft Supreme Court opinion, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, showing that a majority of the justices were in favor of overturning the nearly 50-year-old precedent. Democrats have seized on the looming decision, as polls show a majority of the public favors keeping Roe V. Wade in place.
After the vote, Schumer told reporters,...
The Senate voted 49-51, far short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation, albeit the outcome was anticipated. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-wv) joined with all Republicans to oppose the bill.
The Women’s Health Protection Act would put Roe V. Wade abortion access protections into federal law, and also ban certain state restrictions on care.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer scheduled the vote after Politico published a draft Supreme Court opinion, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, showing that a majority of the justices were in favor of overturning the nearly 50-year-old precedent. Democrats have seized on the looming decision, as polls show a majority of the public favors keeping Roe V. Wade in place.
After the vote, Schumer told reporters,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Sen. Susan Collins is shocked, stunned, and astounded that two conservative, Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices may have deceived her regarding their position on abortion rights.
According to a reported draft majority opinion leaked to Politico, both Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh have voted to overturn established precedent protecting abortion rights, a precedent Collins has repeatedly said they told her they believed was “settled law.”
“If this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and...
According to a reported draft majority opinion leaked to Politico, both Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh have voted to overturn established precedent protecting abortion rights, a precedent Collins has repeatedly said they told her they believed was “settled law.”
“If this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and...
- 5/3/2022
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Senate voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, clearing the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve on the high court.
The vote was 53-47, reflecting the increasing partisan divisions over recent confirmations of nominees to the bench. Three Republicans — Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney — joined with all members of the Democratic caucus to confirm her.
Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the vote, a rare event in which all members were present in their seats during the roll call. After she announced the final tally, the chamber erupted into sustained applause. Many Republican left the chamber during the ovation, but Romney stayed and clapped.
Major broadcast networks provided special reports of the moment, in addition to cable news networks. There was a moment of some drama, as senators waited for Sen. Rand Paul (R-ky) to show up.
The vote was 53-47, reflecting the increasing partisan divisions over recent confirmations of nominees to the bench. Three Republicans — Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney — joined with all members of the Democratic caucus to confirm her.
Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the vote, a rare event in which all members were present in their seats during the roll call. After she announced the final tally, the chamber erupted into sustained applause. Many Republican left the chamber during the ovation, but Romney stayed and clapped.
Major broadcast networks provided special reports of the moment, in addition to cable news networks. There was a moment of some drama, as senators waited for Sen. Rand Paul (R-ky) to show up.
- 4/7/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm President Biden’s pick to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. The 53-47 vote went as expected, with all 50 Democrats voting to confirm Jackson, along with three Republicans: Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney. Collins, Murkowski, and Romney had all announced previously that they intended to vote for Jackson. Jackson will take the bench upon Breyer’s retirement at the conclusion of the court’s summer session.
The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm President Biden’s pick to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. The 53-47 vote went as expected, with all 50 Democrats voting to confirm Jackson, along with three Republicans: Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney. Collins, Murkowski, and Romney had all announced previously that they intended to vote for Jackson. Jackson will take the bench upon Breyer’s retirement at the conclusion of the court’s summer session.
- 4/7/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Ketanji Brown Jackson is almost certainly going to become the first Black woman to be confirmed to the Supreme Court later this week. Senate Democrats appear to be united in supporting President Biden’s nominee, and three Republican senators — Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney — have said they will support her.
The only recourse of Senate Republicans who oppose Jackson’s confirmation is to make their arguments against her as ludicrous as possible — ostensibly as part of a last-ditch effort to get their moderate colleagues to rethink their position,...
The only recourse of Senate Republicans who oppose Jackson’s confirmation is to make their arguments against her as ludicrous as possible — ostensibly as part of a last-ditch effort to get their moderate colleagues to rethink their position,...
- 4/5/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Marsha Blackburn last month asked Ketanji Brown Jackson how she defines a woman. It’s a ludicrous question and the Supreme Court nominee was right to decline to answer it. “I’m not a biologist,” Jackson said during the hearing. The exchange threw right-wing media and bigoted Republican lawmakers into a tizzy, just as Blackburn intended. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one such bigoted Republican lawmaker, attacked Jackson over the weekend while offering her own definition of a woman.
“We are a creation of God. We came from Adam’s rib.
“We are a creation of God. We came from Adam’s rib.
- 4/5/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Senate Judiciary Committee was split on whether to approve the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. The vote on Monday went as expected, with the committee’s Democrats voting in favor of holding a Senate-wide confirmation vote, and the Republicans opposing her nomination’s advancement.
The vote was split, but Democrats control the Senate, allowing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to discharge Jackson’s nomination to floor of the chamber. He did so shortly after the committee vote, and the full floor is expected to vote Monday...
The vote was split, but Democrats control the Senate, allowing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to discharge Jackson’s nomination to floor of the chamber. He did so shortly after the committee vote, and the full floor is expected to vote Monday...
- 4/4/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday became the first Republican to express her support for Ketanji Brown Jackson, all but assuring she will be confirmed as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.
It took a second meeting with Jackson on Tuesday afternoon for Collins to feel comfortable that the federal judge and former public defender would not be “bending the law to meet a personal preference,” as Collins told The New York Times in an interview.
“In recent years, senators on both sides of the...
It took a second meeting with Jackson on Tuesday afternoon for Collins to feel comfortable that the federal judge and former public defender would not be “bending the law to meet a personal preference,” as Collins told The New York Times in an interview.
“In recent years, senators on both sides of the...
- 3/30/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
President Biden has nominated federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
Appearing alongside Jackson at the White House on Friday, Biden described his nominee as a jurist with a “uniquely accomplished and wide-ranging background.” If confirmed, he said, Jackson “will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience and intellect, and a rigorous judicial record to the court.”
Jackson serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a post that Biden nominated her to last year to replace current Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Appearing alongside Jackson at the White House on Friday, Biden described his nominee as a jurist with a “uniquely accomplished and wide-ranging background.” If confirmed, he said, Jackson “will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience and intellect, and a rigorous judicial record to the court.”
Jackson serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a post that Biden nominated her to last year to replace current Attorney General Merrick Garland.
- 2/25/2022
- by William Vaillancourt and Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
All seven House Republicans who are seeking reelection after voting to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol are faring well financially, campaign disclosures filed this week with the Federal Election Commission show.
The New York Times points out that despite drawing Trump’s wrath, the seven Republicans are out-raising their primary opponents. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), for instance, raised a war chest of around $6.5 million in 2021, and is entering the 2022 election year with just under $5 million, while her opponent, Harriet Hageman,...
The New York Times points out that despite drawing Trump’s wrath, the seven Republicans are out-raising their primary opponents. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), for instance, raised a war chest of around $6.5 million in 2021, and is entering the 2022 election year with just under $5 million, while her opponent, Harriet Hageman,...
- 2/3/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Maine Senator Susan Collins has a lot of friends. First elected to the Senate in 1996, she developed a reputation as a reasonable, moderate Republican willing to work across the aisle to get things done. These years of niceties and moderation, culminating in her party-breaching vote to convict Donald Trump in his post-Jan. 6 impeachment trial, have turned Collins into one Democrats’ last remaining hopes for making progress in a deadlocked Congress, and a potential saving grace should the Grand Old Party decided to wholeheartedly embrace Trumpism once again.
Or, that’s...
Or, that’s...
- 2/1/2022
- by Jack Crosbie
- Rollingstone.com
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is set to announce his retirement at the age of 83, avoiding a repeat of the debacle created by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s untimely death and handing the Biden administration a chance to install the first new liberal justice on the court since Elena Kagan in 2010.
Standing in the way, as always, is the Other Joe. Our task, once again, is to read the tea leaves and arcane symbols scrawled in clean coal on cavern walls in order to divine what West Virginian Senator Joe Manchin will do next.
Standing in the way, as always, is the Other Joe. Our task, once again, is to read the tea leaves and arcane symbols scrawled in clean coal on cavern walls in order to divine what West Virginian Senator Joe Manchin will do next.
- 1/26/2022
- by Jack Crosbie
- Rollingstone.com
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, and his replacement will likely shape U.S. political life for decades.
Right now, all eyes are on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal judge serving on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate has already confirmed Jackson twice: once in 2013, when she became a federal trial-court judge, and then again in 2021, when she was elevated to the federal appeals court. Her most recent confirmation vote was bipartisan, with Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski voting along with all Democrats to support her.
Right now, all eyes are on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal judge serving on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate has already confirmed Jackson twice: once in 2013, when she became a federal trial-court judge, and then again in 2021, when she was elevated to the federal appeals court. Her most recent confirmation vote was bipartisan, with Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski voting along with all Democrats to support her.
- 1/26/2022
- by David S. Cohen
- Rollingstone.com
The Biden administration announced Friday that it intends to “repeal or replace” a Trump-era rule change that gave permission to build roads, log and make other developments in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Under Trump, the U.S. saw the largest reduction of protected public lands in its history.
The Tongass, which was originally protected by Bill Clinton two decades ago, comprises 9.3 million acres of forest and is the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, earning it the nickname “the lungs of the country” because it absorbs approximately 8 percent of annual U.
The Tongass, which was originally protected by Bill Clinton two decades ago, comprises 9.3 million acres of forest and is the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, earning it the nickname “the lungs of the country” because it absorbs approximately 8 percent of annual U.
- 6/11/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Updated, with more details and polls: Senate Republicans on Friday blocked an effort to form a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, despite pleas from the family of a police officer who died after the riot.
The Senate voted 54-35 to move forward on debate on the bill, short of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster threat. Six Republicans voted for the commission: Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy, Ben Sasse and Rob Portman. Nine Republicans and two Democrats did not vote.
“Senate Republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that could upset Donald Trump could hurt them politically,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said after the vote.
The defeat was expected, as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared his opposition and his view that the commission would be too partisan. Yet the commission as proposed would have included an equal number of Democrats and Republicans.
The Senate voted 54-35 to move forward on debate on the bill, short of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster threat. Six Republicans voted for the commission: Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy, Ben Sasse and Rob Portman. Nine Republicans and two Democrats did not vote.
“Senate Republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that could upset Donald Trump could hurt them politically,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said after the vote.
The defeat was expected, as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared his opposition and his view that the commission would be too partisan. Yet the commission as proposed would have included an equal number of Democrats and Republicans.
- 5/28/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 9:38 Am Pt: The Senate passed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill after an all-night marathon session.
The legislation now heads to the House before it can go to President Joe Biden. The massive spending package would be his first major legislative achievement.
The billed passed along party lines, in a vote of 50-49. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-ak), thought to be a potential Republican supporter of the legislation, ultimately ended up voting no.
Democrats knew that the process for passing the legislation would be complicated, but there was unexpected drama on Friday, when party leaders negotiated throughout the day and into the evening with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-w.Va), a moderate, on the structure of unemployment benefits. In the end, they came up with a compromise so the legislation provides an extra $300 per week of jobless benefits, to be extended through Sept. 6.
The legislation also will provide $1,400 in direct payments...
The legislation now heads to the House before it can go to President Joe Biden. The massive spending package would be his first major legislative achievement.
The billed passed along party lines, in a vote of 50-49. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-ak), thought to be a potential Republican supporter of the legislation, ultimately ended up voting no.
Democrats knew that the process for passing the legislation would be complicated, but there was unexpected drama on Friday, when party leaders negotiated throughout the day and into the evening with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-w.Va), a moderate, on the structure of unemployment benefits. In the end, they came up with a compromise so the legislation provides an extra $300 per week of jobless benefits, to be extended through Sept. 6.
The legislation also will provide $1,400 in direct payments...
- 3/6/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The twice-impeached former president made his first public appearance since leaving office.
On Sunday, Trump was the main speaker at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (Cpac). And according to a Fox News commentator, the event had the cult-like, Maga hat-wearing attendees calling it Tpac instead of Cpac, because of their seeming undying devotion to him.
So, even though Trump’s speech stretched over 90 boring minutes, he did not disappoint his diehard fans in attendance. However, whether they will admit it or not, other members of the GOP establishment may...
On Sunday, Trump was the main speaker at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (Cpac). And according to a Fox News commentator, the event had the cult-like, Maga hat-wearing attendees calling it Tpac instead of Cpac, because of their seeming undying devotion to him.
So, even though Trump’s speech stretched over 90 boring minutes, he did not disappoint his diehard fans in attendance. However, whether they will admit it or not, other members of the GOP establishment may...
- 3/1/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Senate failed to convict former president Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial on Saturday, with 57 Senators voting to convict the former president and 43 voting against it. Seven Republicans joined the Democrats and two independents in voting to convict, but they fell short of the 67 votes required for a two-thirds majority.
All 43 votes to acquit came from Republicans. The Republicans who broke with the majority of their party to convict are:
Sen. Richard Burr (R-n.C.) Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Sen.
All 43 votes to acquit came from Republicans. The Republicans who broke with the majority of their party to convict are:
Sen. Richard Burr (R-n.C.) Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Sen.
- 2/13/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Fifth Update: The Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on the impeachment charge of inciting the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol, bringing to an end a trial that lasted just five days.
The Senate voted 57-43 to convict Trump, short of the 67 votes needed. Seven Republicans joined with 48 Democrats and two independents in favor of conviction.
This is the second time that Trump has been acquitted of impeachment charges. On Jan. 13, he became the first president to be impeached twice.
The Republicans who voted to convict were Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse and Pat Toomey. In Trump’s last impeachment trial, Romney was the only Republican to vote to convict.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the case against Trump was “open and shut,” calling it a “textbook example” of an impeachable offense.
“January 6th would not have happened but...
The Senate voted 57-43 to convict Trump, short of the 67 votes needed. Seven Republicans joined with 48 Democrats and two independents in favor of conviction.
This is the second time that Trump has been acquitted of impeachment charges. On Jan. 13, he became the first president to be impeached twice.
The Republicans who voted to convict were Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse and Pat Toomey. In Trump’s last impeachment trial, Romney was the only Republican to vote to convict.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the case against Trump was “open and shut,” calling it a “textbook example” of an impeachable offense.
“January 6th would not have happened but...
- 2/13/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Second Update, 3:36 Pm Pt: The Q&a session of the trial has ended, but one of the most perplexing moments came when Donald Trump’s legal team was asked when the then-president was made aware that Vice President Mike Pence in danger.
The question from Sen. Mitt Romney (R-ut) is one that has been on the minds of many at the trial.
On the day of the siege, Trump send out a tweet at 2:24 p.m., as the Capitol siege was in full swing, attacking Pence for not “having the courage” to overturn the results of the electoral vote. But Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-al) has told reporters that he talked to Trump that afternoon and informed him that Pence had just been evacuated from the Senate chamber. Pence was evacuated at about 2:15 p.m.
Trump’s lawyer Michael van der Veen said that Trump did not know...
The question from Sen. Mitt Romney (R-ut) is one that has been on the minds of many at the trial.
On the day of the siege, Trump send out a tweet at 2:24 p.m., as the Capitol siege was in full swing, attacking Pence for not “having the courage” to overturn the results of the electoral vote. But Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-al) has told reporters that he talked to Trump that afternoon and informed him that Pence had just been evacuated from the Senate chamber. Pence was evacuated at about 2:15 p.m.
Trump’s lawyer Michael van der Veen said that Trump did not know...
- 2/12/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a saying: “You get what you pay for.” Usually it refers to the quality of a product relative to its price, but in the context of the team assembled to defend former President Trump in his second impeachment trial, it could also be a broader comment on the properties of karma — if you believe in that stuff. Trump, infamous for stiffing almost anyone whose services he agrees to pay for — most recently, his personal lawyer Rudy Guiliani — was left with few options when it came time to pick...
- 2/10/2021
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
The Senate rejected an effort to sideline the pending impeachment trial of Donald Trump, but in an early gauge of support for convicting the former president, just five Republicans joined with Democrats to move forward.
In a 55-45 vote, the Senate tabled a procedural motion by Sen. Rand Paul to declare a trial unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office. That is far short of the 67 votes needed to convict Trump.
The trial is scheduled to start the week of Feb. 8, but Republicans increasingly have been backing away from the idea of convicting Trump, who still holds enormous sway in the party. Even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-ky), who has suggested that he may vote to convict, backed Paul’s motion.
When the House impeached Trump on Jan. 13, ten Republicans joined with Democrats to pass one article of impeachment against him, on charges that he incited the attack...
In a 55-45 vote, the Senate tabled a procedural motion by Sen. Rand Paul to declare a trial unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office. That is far short of the 67 votes needed to convict Trump.
The trial is scheduled to start the week of Feb. 8, but Republicans increasingly have been backing away from the idea of convicting Trump, who still holds enormous sway in the party. Even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-ky), who has suggested that he may vote to convict, backed Paul’s motion.
When the House impeached Trump on Jan. 13, ten Republicans joined with Democrats to pass one article of impeachment against him, on charges that he incited the attack...
- 1/26/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House will take up a resolution on Monday calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and “declare the President incapable of executing the duties of his office.”
In a letter to members, Pelosi said that Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will request unanimous consent to bring up the 25th Amendment resolution, authored by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-md). If members object, it will be brought up in a floor vote on Tuesday.
“We are calling on the Vice President to respond within 24 hours,” Pelosi wrote.
Then, if Pence does not act, House members plan to bring an impeachment resolution to the floor, citing Donald Trump with inciting the mob attack on the Capitol on Wednesday.
“In protecting our Constitution and our Democracy, we will act with urgency, because this President represents an imminent threat to both,” Pelosi wrote in her letter.
In a letter to members, Pelosi said that Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will request unanimous consent to bring up the 25th Amendment resolution, authored by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-md). If members object, it will be brought up in a floor vote on Tuesday.
“We are calling on the Vice President to respond within 24 hours,” Pelosi wrote.
Then, if Pence does not act, House members plan to bring an impeachment resolution to the floor, citing Donald Trump with inciting the mob attack on the Capitol on Wednesday.
“In protecting our Constitution and our Democracy, we will act with urgency, because this President represents an imminent threat to both,” Pelosi wrote in her letter.
- 1/10/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska called on President Trump to resign and said she is questioning her future with the Republican Party days after a riotous mob of Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol.
“I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage,” she told James Brooks of the Anchorage Daily News in an interview Friday.
It’s important to note that Murkowski is not saying she supports impeachment, which the Democrats plan to introduce on Monday. Nor does she plan to join the Democratic majority.
“I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage,” she told James Brooks of the Anchorage Daily News in an interview Friday.
It’s important to note that Murkowski is not saying she supports impeachment, which the Democrats plan to introduce on Monday. Nor does she plan to join the Democratic majority.
- 1/8/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court Nomination Clears Last Procedural Hurdle, Final Vote Expected Monday
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court will likely be finalized Monday night after it cleared its last procedural hurdle today.
The Senate vote today was split 51-48 along partisan lines. GOP Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined Democrats in voting against limiting debate. Murkowski, however, said Saturday she will vote to confirm Barrett to the high court.
A simple majority of 51 votes was needed for the procedural motion to pass. Senator Kamala Harris of California, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, did not vote.
“The Senate is doing the right thing. We’re moving this nomination forward, and colleagues, by tomorrow night, we’ll have a new member of the United States Supreme Court,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor Sunday.
Barrett is likely to be confirmed by the full Senate over the objections of Democratic lawmakers. Monday’s...
The Senate vote today was split 51-48 along partisan lines. GOP Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined Democrats in voting against limiting debate. Murkowski, however, said Saturday she will vote to confirm Barrett to the high court.
A simple majority of 51 votes was needed for the procedural motion to pass. Senator Kamala Harris of California, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, did not vote.
“The Senate is doing the right thing. We’re moving this nomination forward, and colleagues, by tomorrow night, we’ll have a new member of the United States Supreme Court,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor Sunday.
Barrett is likely to be confirmed by the full Senate over the objections of Democratic lawmakers. Monday’s...
- 10/25/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated 3:50 Pm: The Senate will vote Wednesday on the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, meaning that his almost-certain acquittal will take place after two key events: the Super Bowl and the State of the Union address.
Trump is to be interviewed by Sean Hannity on Sunday as part of Fox’s pre-game coverage, and Potus will deliver his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
But there had been some concern among Democrats over the timeline for ending the impeachment trial and whether lawmakers would have the opportunity to explain their votes on the floor.
Under a deal reached by leaders of both parties, closing arguments will take place on Monday, and floor speeches will take place between Monday and Wednesday.
Previously: The Senate voted 51-49 to reject the calling of new witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump,...
Trump is to be interviewed by Sean Hannity on Sunday as part of Fox’s pre-game coverage, and Potus will deliver his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
But there had been some concern among Democrats over the timeline for ending the impeachment trial and whether lawmakers would have the opportunity to explain their votes on the floor.
Under a deal reached by leaders of both parties, closing arguments will take place on Monday, and floor speeches will take place between Monday and Wednesday.
Previously: The Senate voted 51-49 to reject the calling of new witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump,...
- 1/31/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In a 51-49 vote, the Senate voted not to call witnesses in the impeachment of President Donald Trump, bringing the trial near its end.
Democrats were unable to convince enough Republicans to vote against their party’s majority and allow witnesses to be called. Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) both stayed in line to the end.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the decision a “tragedy on a very large scale” following the vote. “No witnesses, no documents in an impeachment trial is a perfidy. It is a grand tragedy.
Democrats were unable to convince enough Republicans to vote against their party’s majority and allow witnesses to be called. Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) both stayed in line to the end.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the decision a “tragedy on a very large scale” following the vote. “No witnesses, no documents in an impeachment trial is a perfidy. It is a grand tragedy.
- 1/31/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she will vote no to hearing from witnesses during President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, which all but ensures that Republican senators will have enough votes to block witnesses.
With Murkowski’s Friday announcement, which followed Tennesee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander’s Thursday announcement that he too would vote no, it appears as though the Senate Democrats will not have the 51 votes needed to call witnesses.
Both Murkowski and Alexander, along with Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who both announced they...
With Murkowski’s Friday announcement, which followed Tennesee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander’s Thursday announcement that he too would vote no, it appears as though the Senate Democrats will not have the 51 votes needed to call witnesses.
Both Murkowski and Alexander, along with Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who both announced they...
- 1/31/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The long day of impeachment trial coverage ended with a brief moment of suspense — just how will Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-tn) vote on whether to call witnesses and extend the proceedings. At just after 11 p.m. Et, he answered: No.
That raises the likelihood that Democrats will come up short in their efforts to convince enough Republicans to compel witnesses in a vote on Friday, and that the trial will come to a close with a final decision on President Donald Trump’s acquittal or removal later in the day.
On cable news channels, commentators treated Alexander’s announcement as the beginning of the end of proceedings.
“It’s a cover up,” reporter Carl Bernstein said on CNN. “That is what the Senate has now done. They have covered up what the President of the United States has done in his grievous actions when they had the ability to find out more.
That raises the likelihood that Democrats will come up short in their efforts to convince enough Republicans to compel witnesses in a vote on Friday, and that the trial will come to a close with a final decision on President Donald Trump’s acquittal or removal later in the day.
On cable news channels, commentators treated Alexander’s announcement as the beginning of the end of proceedings.
“It’s a cover up,” reporter Carl Bernstein said on CNN. “That is what the Senate has now done. They have covered up what the President of the United States has done in his grievous actions when they had the ability to find out more.
- 1/31/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 5:21 Pm Pt: More often than not, the “Q” portion of the proceedings has been a way for senators to tee up a way for either side to reiterate their talking points.
Example: A question posed to House impeachment managers by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-vt): Given that the media has documented President Trump’s more than 16,000 lies in office, why should we be expected to believe anything he says has credibility?
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-ca) posed a question that quoted from a line in the infamous Access Hollywood tape, in which Trump was caught on hot mic telling host Billy Bush that “when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”
Harris’s question, read aloud by Chief Justice John Roberts, compared that remark to President Richard Nixon’s quote that “when the president does it, that means it is not illegal.”
“If...
Example: A question posed to House impeachment managers by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-vt): Given that the media has documented President Trump’s more than 16,000 lies in office, why should we be expected to believe anything he says has credibility?
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-ca) posed a question that quoted from a line in the infamous Access Hollywood tape, in which Trump was caught on hot mic telling host Billy Bush that “when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”
Harris’s question, read aloud by Chief Justice John Roberts, compared that remark to President Richard Nixon’s quote that “when the president does it, that means it is not illegal.”
“If...
- 1/30/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“Shifty Adam Schiff is a Corrupt Politician, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!” President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday.
When asked by Meet the Press host Chuck Todd if he took the tweet from the president as a threat, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the House intelligence committee chairman and lead impeachment manager said, “I think it is intended to be.”
Exclusive: @RepAdamSchiff: "Look at the president's tweets about me today saying I should pay a price.
When asked by Meet the Press host Chuck Todd if he took the tweet from the president as a threat, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the House intelligence committee chairman and lead impeachment manager said, “I think it is intended to be.”
Exclusive: @RepAdamSchiff: "Look at the president's tweets about me today saying I should pay a price.
- 1/27/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
In matters concerning the impeachment trial, Republican senators have been warned: if they go against Trump they should be prepared to reap the whirlwind. “Vote against the president and your head will be on a pike,” a source told CBS News’ Nancy Cordes.
The report did not say whether the threat came from Trump himself, the White House, or Republican leadership. There have been few signs of Republican Senators breaking ranks. All of the procedural votes, which set the rules for the trial, have fallen to defeat on party lines.
The report did not say whether the threat came from Trump himself, the White House, or Republican leadership. There have been few signs of Republican Senators breaking ranks. All of the procedural votes, which set the rules for the trial, have fallen to defeat on party lines.
- 1/24/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — The indictment is in. It’s time to go to trial.
Last month, the House of Representatives voted to formally impeach President Trump for the high crimes of abusing his power and obstructing Congress. Impeachment articles are like a charging document, laying out the high crimes committed by the president.
Now, the action moves to the Senate, which will likely conduct the third impeachment trial in American history. Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over the trial. The proceedings could start as early as Wednesday.
Here’s everything you...
Last month, the House of Representatives voted to formally impeach President Trump for the high crimes of abusing his power and obstructing Congress. Impeachment articles are like a charging document, laying out the high crimes committed by the president.
Now, the action moves to the Senate, which will likely conduct the third impeachment trial in American history. Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over the trial. The proceedings could start as early as Wednesday.
Here’s everything you...
- 1/14/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
On Thursday’s “Morning Joe,” an exasperated Joe Scarborough said President Donald Trump “should do something that he’s never done before and read the Constitution of the United States.”
The MSNBC host was reviewing Trump’s attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which have been consistent for weeks but continued right into Christmas Eve and Christmas Day itself, when the president questioned the authority of Pelosi and the House of Representatives in wake of the House voting to impeach him last week.
Also Read: That Time Trump Called for George W Bush's Impeachment - and Dismissed Bill Clinton's as 'Nonsense' (Video)
“He might actually understand how the Speaker of the House has that power,” Scarborough quipped after suggesting Trump read the country’s founding document. He then went on to point out that one key Gop Senator, Lisa Murkowski, has said she’s “distressed” by majority leader Mitch McConnell...
The MSNBC host was reviewing Trump’s attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which have been consistent for weeks but continued right into Christmas Eve and Christmas Day itself, when the president questioned the authority of Pelosi and the House of Representatives in wake of the House voting to impeach him last week.
Also Read: That Time Trump Called for George W Bush's Impeachment - and Dismissed Bill Clinton's as 'Nonsense' (Video)
“He might actually understand how the Speaker of the House has that power,” Scarborough quipped after suggesting Trump read the country’s founding document. He then went on to point out that one key Gop Senator, Lisa Murkowski, has said she’s “distressed” by majority leader Mitch McConnell...
- 12/26/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
The Senate on Thursday voted in favor of a resolution to “terminate” President Trump’s national emergency declaration. The vote marks a stunning bipartisan rebuke of the president, who last month used his executive privilege to circumvent Congress and fund the construction of a wall along the southern border. Though the Gop holds a 53-47 advantage over Democrats in the Senate, the measure passed by a vote of 59-41, with 12 members of Trump’s own party voting against him.
All Republicans have voted. A dozen crossed Trump: Alexander, Blunt, Collins,...
All Republicans have voted. A dozen crossed Trump: Alexander, Blunt, Collins,...
- 3/14/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Remember way back in February when President Trump declared a national emergency in order to fund the construction of a wall along the southern border? That’s still a thing, and with the senate getting ready to vote on a resolution to “terminate” the action, the White House is scrambling to find government programs from it they can siphon wall funding without causing too much of a stir. The latest target is … salaries and pensions for service members. “It’s coming out of military pay and pensions,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-il) told the Associated Press.
- 3/8/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
With a handful of Republicans bucking the president, the Senate now appears to have the 51 votes needed to pass a resolution nullifying Donald Trump’s emergency declaration that seeks to spend billions toward building a southern border wall. The resolution, passed by the House on February 26th, is likely to prompt Trump’s first-ever presidential veto.
This bipartisan opposition to the president’s border policy follows the standoff that yielded the longest government shutdown on record. Congress finally reached an agreement in mid-February to spend just $1.375 billion on “pedestrian fencing...
This bipartisan opposition to the president’s border policy follows the standoff that yielded the longest government shutdown on record. Congress finally reached an agreement in mid-February to spend just $1.375 billion on “pedestrian fencing...
- 3/4/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-ca) wins this round.
After a week of sending letters back and forth debating whether the State of the Union address will be delivered as planned while the government remains shut down, the president tweeted on Wednesday that he will respect Pelosi’s “prerogative” to decline to open the House Chamber for the annual event. “I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over,” wrote the president.
As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address.
After a week of sending letters back and forth debating whether the State of the Union address will be delivered as planned while the government remains shut down, the president tweeted on Wednesday that he will respect Pelosi’s “prerogative” to decline to open the House Chamber for the annual event. “I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over,” wrote the president.
As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address.
- 1/24/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
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