The start of the impeachment process has exposed the cracks that the assault on the Capitol has opened in the monolith of unconditional loyalty to Trump that the Republican Party had become.
A year after not a single Republican voted to impeach the president for the Ukrainian plot, this time the leadership of the Republican minority in the House of Representatives has given up on formally pressuring its congressmen to vote against it.
The lower house approved the impeachment on Wednesday afternoon , and 10 Republicans voted in favor. An unusual figure. It is the most bipartisan impeachment in history.
Support for the process is also detected by some Republican senators, who are expected to vote to convict the president when the upper house holds the impeachment trial. But no move is as significant as that of Mitch McConnell, the most powerful Republican on Capitol Hill, Majority Leader in the Senate until new Democratic control materializes.
Update: Huntsville Utilities restored power in Madison County (Source: AP) By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | January 16, 2021 at 10:30 AM CST - Updated January 16 at 11:33 AM
MADISON COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) -
Update: Service has been restored to the majority of customers in the previously reported area. Anyone still experiencing a service issue should call 256-535-4448.
Huntsville Utilities said the outage was caused by a section of power line that burned up along Old Big Cove. Electric operations crews replaced the damaged section of power line and restored service.
Original: Huntsville Utilities Electric Operations is responding to a power outage in the Big Cove and Owens Cross Roads area this morning.