Pelosi said that the House will adopt new rules when it returns to session Jan. 21 to mandate stiff fines for bypassing security: $5,000 for the first offense and $10,000 for the second. The fines will be deducted from lawmakers salaries.
“It is tragic that this step is necessary, but the chamber of the People’s House must and will be safe, Pelosi said in a statement.
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The incoming fines for refusing to comply with new security measures come after numerous House Republicans berated Capitol Police officers on Tuesday and Wednesday for asking them to go through the metal detectors.
Several GOP lawmakers defiantly pushed past Capitol Police and sergeant-at-arms staff into the chamber without going through the magnetometers.
Snapchat plans to permanently ban President Trump’s account from the social media platform once President-elect Joe Biden takes office later this month, a Snapchat spokesperson confirmed to The Hill.
In a letter to DHS colleagues that was obtained by The Hill, Wolf cited ongoing litigation challenging the validity of his position as the reason for his sooner-than-planned departure.
Fahey had taken over ICE from Tony Pham, who left last month after assuming the post in August.
ICE has had six directors under the Trump administration, though the agency has not had a Senate-confirmed director during the past four years.
The leadership changes at DHS come amid growing concerns about potential security risks surrounding President-elect Joe Biden
News of Wolf’s resignation came roughly an hour after he announced that the Secret Service would begin implementing security measures tied to the inauguration on Wednesday, six days earlier than planned. The FBI is said to have warned of the potential for armed protests across the country beginning this weekend.
Biden has avoided publicly weighing in on the impeachment effort, signaling that he would leave that up to congressional leaders as he focuses on legislative priorities and getting his Cabinet confirmed.
He disclosed to reporters this week that he has reached out to the Senate parliamentarian to discuss if the chamber can divide its time between legislation or nominations and an impeachment trial, something the Senate didn t do during Trump s 2020 trial.
ADVERTISEMENT I hope that the Senate leadership will find a way to deal with their Constitutional responsibilities on impeachment while also working on the other urgent business of this nation, Biden said in a statement on Wednesday.
Two events have changed the political dynamics with only a week left in the Trump presidency: The Trump-incited mob that stormed the Capitol, causing five deaths and forcing the House and Senate to go into hiding as they were counting Joe Biden
The House today will vote to impeach Trump; he will become the first American president to be impeached twice. Unlike the last time over a call to shake down the President of Ukraine to dig up dirt on candidate Biden this will have the support of some Republicans, led by the party s third ranking leader, Rep. Liz Cheney