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The U.S. House of Representatives is charging ahead with the impeachment of President Donald Trump for inciting the deadly storming of the Capitol Building, while some of his supporters threaten armed uprisings in cities across the country in the coming days.
Democrats on Monday introduced both a motion calling on Vice-President Mike Pence to strip Mr. Trump of his powers under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution as well as a single article of impeachment, for “incitement of insurrection.”
by Joe Lapointe
Lansing protesters last spring. Last week’s deadly Trump Riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington inspired a good half-measure in Michigan. It embarrassed or frightened The Mitten’s legislature into banning the open carry of firearms into the State House and Senate. But anyone still can walk around outside the Lansing building with an assault rifle and concealed carry permit holders can pack heat indoors while watching legislators make law for the Great Lakes State. Such oppression! Thank goodness you can still tote a deadly weapon in case you get challenged to a duel. The gun rules changed Monday by a 6-0 vote of Michigan’s State Capitol Commission, which runs the building. It came less than a week after they got the nod from Republican Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey.
Multiple defense companies halt political donations in wake of Jan. 6 riot January 11 Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Updated 1/13/21 at 8:40 am EST with Huntington Ingalls statement WASHINGTON Northrop Grumman on Monday became the first major defense contractor to pause political donations to members of Congress, as a wave of corporate entities react after the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill. But it does not seem to be the last.
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Kenny Holston/The New York Times News Service
The United States Congress never hurries. It moves slowly, deliberately, cautiously. It has little peripheral vision. It is not a multitasker. Still, as American humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) once said, the country “has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.”
The current situation will require the Congress to hammer in the morning and hammer in the evening if it is to power through a to-do list unlike any other – even as it seeks to heal.
Impeaching a sitting president. Debating whether that president should be forever banned from holding office. Allowing a new president to have a running start. Confirming cabinet officers. Passing an exemption so an Army general can serve as defence secretary. Fast-tracking legislation boosting COVID-19 payments to US$2,000. Creating an esprit among deeply divided lawmakers just now emerging from an unprecedented siege of