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We think we can not only have a strong job rebound this year, but we can sustain it over many years. That’s the goal, Deese said. Let s also think to the longer term about where those investments that we can make that will really drive not just more job growth but better job growth, not just job growth in the short term but job growth in the long term by investing in our infrastructure, by investing in our research and development in a way that we haven t since the 1960s.
Republicans touted their party s unified opposition to the bill in appearances on NBC, ABC and Fox, with Sen. Roy Blunt
“If being held accountable means being impeached by the House and being convicted by the Senate, the answer to that is no,” Wicker said. “Now if there are other ways in the court of public opinion or if there s some criminal charge . dawns on some prosecutor, perhaps, there s another avenue there.”
.@GStephanopoulos: Should Trump be held accountable for his actions Jan. 6?
Wicker: “If being held accountable means being impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate, the answer to that is no.”
GS: Censure?
Wicker argued that the Constitution did not specify whether or not impeachment of a former president is permissible and said President Biden could have helped unify the government by intervening and calling for the trial not to proceed.
I think I m ready to move on. I m ready to end the impeachment trial because I think it s blatantly unconstitutional, Graham said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
However, the South Carolina senator suggested history would hold Trump responsible for the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In January, the House impeached Trump for a historic second time on charges of inciting the riot. Ten Republican lawmakers voted in favor of impeachment, with many acknowledging that casting such a vote likely meant the end of their political careers.
“He had a consequential presidency. Jan. 6 was a very bad day for America, and he ll get his share of blame in history,” Graham said.