No GOP senator has said yet that they will vote to convict Trump.
The Senate is expected to take a final vote on whether or not to acquit Trump as soon as Saturday.
Unlike impeachment, a censure resolution would need 60, not 67 votes, meaning Democrats would only need 10 GOP votes.
Kaine, however, appeared skeptical on Friday that his resolution would go anywhere. It s only live if people want to do it, and it has to be bipartisan and I don t think Republicans want to put a hurdle in Donald Trump s way. There s some Republicans who do but not enough, Kaine said.
“It is not relevant to treatment or the economic recovery or getting vaccines out,” she said Tuesday. “In fact, it would be very difficult for the hospitality industry, which has been particularly harmed.”
Manchin said Tuesday he wants to set the federal minimum wage at a level “that’s responsible and reasonable.” He said that would be $11 per hour, adjusted for inflation, in West Virginia.
Schumer needs all 50 members of his conference unified in order to pass a budget resolution that sets up the special track for passing a COVID-19 relief bill with a simple-majority vote later in the year.