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The Chamber embraces Biden. And Republicans are livid.
The influential trade organization says it s taking the same approach to the new administration as it did with Trump.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce insists it’s taking the same approach to the Biden administration that it did with the Trump administration: working with them on the issues of agreement and fighting on areas where they don’t. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo
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Washington’s most powerful trade group is having a political identity crisis.
Over the past month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has taken a series of steps that have enraged its traditional Republican allies. It applauded much of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan to Covid relief bill; cheered Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris climate agreement; backed the former leader of the liberal Center of American Progress, Neera Tanden, for Office of Management and Budget director; and expressed openness to raising the minimum wage, thoug
Wyden reaffirms call for Trump to be removed
The Democratic Oregon U.S. senator repeats his demand during a Saturday news conference.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden repeated his call for President Donald Trump to be removed from office either by his Cabinet invoking the 25th Amendment or Congress impeaching him again during a Jan. 9 news conference. Trump is a threat every day that he is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Period, the Oregon Democrat said.
Wyden laid out what it would take for a removal to happen whether it be the 25th Amendment or impeachment and said there is bipartisan support for both options.
Capitol in chaos: Live updates for the national security community January 7 The National Guard arrives to push back protesters from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Kyle Rempfer/Staff) WASHINGTON Washington plunged into chaos Wednesday as a pro-Trump mob invaded the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden as the next president. As a result, thousands of national guardsmen were ordered into D.C. Meanwhile, lawmakers are calling for President Donald Trump to be impeached or removed from office under the 25th Amendment. Many of these actions have ramifications for the national security community. Here are the key events Defense News is tracking.
Capitol in chaos: Live updates for the national security community January 7 The National Guard arrives to push back protesters from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Kyle Rempfer/Staff) WASHINGTON Washington plunged into chaos Wednesday as a pro-Trump mob invaded the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden as the next president. As a result, thousands of national guardsmen were ordered into D.C. Meanwhile, lawmakers are calling for President Donald Trump to be impeached or removed from office under the 25th Amendment. Many of these actions have ramifications for the national security community. Here are the key events Defense News is tracking.
Trump must go. Now.
January 7, 20218:10 am
Thirteen days are too many. Every Republican politician at every level should call on him to resign immediately. If he does not, the Cabinet and vice president should invoke the 25th Amendment or Congress should speedily impeach and remove him.
To do anything less is to comfort an enemy of the United States. He must not have the nuclear codes.
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And a day of reckoning comes for the Capitol police.
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