by Jim Heath | Feb 8, 2021 | Congress, Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
The House of Representatives delivered an article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate last month – the first time in history a president will face a second impeachment trial. Nine Democratic impeachment managers brought the article of impeachment – the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 28, 2021 | 2022, GOP, Headlines
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who gained national attention as one of former President Trump’s most ardent defenders during his first impeachment, said today he will not run for retiring Sen. Rob Portman’s (R-Ohio) seat in 2022. Jordan “is solely focused on...
by Jim Heath | Jan 25, 2021 | 2022, GOP, Headlines
Ohio Republican Rob Portman will not seek a third Senate term in 2022, a blow to both Republicans’ hopes of taking back the Senate and the chamber’s dwindling number of centrists. Politico: The two-term senator is one of the most effective legislators in the Senate,...
by Jim Heath | Jan 6, 2021 | Headlines
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., tweeted tonight that Electoral College ballots were rescued from the Senate floor before protesters were able to get to them. “If our capable floor staff hadn’t grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob,” he tweeted....
by Jim Heath | Jan 5, 2021 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Headlines
The two Democratic candidates for the U.S. senate in Georgia have stunned the nation and defeated the Republican incumbents, putting Democrats in solid control of congress. With about 99 percent of the vote counted, the Rev. Raphael Warnock has defeated Sen. Kelly...
