Lindsey Graham says the Senate is not going to split the day during the trial
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a confirmation hearing for Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Alex Edelman/Pool/AP
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, said he doesn’t think Republicans should agree to split impeachment trial days to also consider other legislative business, such as Covid-19 relief and confirming President Biden’s cabinet nominees, for the duration of the trial.
“We’re not going to split the day,” Graham said Friday. “At least I wouldn’t. That’s the business of the Senate, once we go into it, they’re choosing to do this. We’re going to do it the way we’ve always done it. We’ve never split the day.”
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President Joe Biden wasted no time during his first few days in office, signing a slew of executive orders and calling on Congress to confirm his Cabinet nominees as quickly as possible.
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President Joe Biden has asked the Senate to confirm his Cabinet and Cabinet-level nominees as quickly as possible
Biden s Cabinet will feature historic firsts, including Pete Buttigieg (Transportation), the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a Cabinet post, Lloyd Austin (Defense), the first Black leader of the Pentagon, and Avril Haines (DNI) and Janet Yellen (Treasury), the first
(Photo : Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty Images) Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary nominee, vowed to help Congress pass an amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Mayorkas was on board with the incoming Biden administration s plans on amnesty.
He said he would be privileged to help passing amnesty for some 11 to 22 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S., reported Breitbart.
In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Mayorkas added that amnesty would be provided as long as the immigrants have been in the U.S. January 1, 2021.