MA Rep. Seth Moulton: ‘When the president breaks the law he should be impeached’ Kerry Kavanaugh
President Donald Trump faces a single charge, “incitement of insurrection,” as House Democrats pushed forward Monday with efforts to remove him from office in his final days there.
Democrats first tried to take up a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. That would have needed unanimous consent; it was blocked by Republicans.
Here’s how it played out today on Capitol Hill:
House Clerk: “Resolution calling on Vice President Michael R. Pence to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the cabinet to activate Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald J. Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting president.”
After conferencing with the House Democratic caucus, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark said that Democrats are prepared to begin proceedings for a second impeachment of President Trump "as early as mid-next week."
Massachusetts lawmakers are calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office, after Wednesday s events.
In an email, state Rep. Jamie Eldridge, D-Acton, wrote that he was “outraged by the attempted interference in the results of our country’s democratic election.”
He added he believed Trump should be removed from office, “given that [he] encouraged his loyalists to storm the Capitol, and that his statements throughout the attempted takeover repeated lies about the democratic election that fed the rebellion.”
“This includes Vice President Pence and the Cabinet of the United States invoking Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to transmit to the Congress that President Donald J. Trump is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. This would prevent further damage to our nation’s constitution, protect the public safety of all Americans, and ensure a proper transition to our next president, Joe Biden,” Eldridge stated in the email.
Assistant Speaker Clark Secures Airplane Noise Reduction Measure into Law
Bill signed by President Trump requires the FAA to reinstall outdated airplane noise mitigation systems in Massachusetts households
Revere/Winthrop/Medford/Malden-Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) announced that the FY 2021 Appropriations bill signed into law on December 27 included the House s mandate directing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to update certain outdated airplane noise insulation installed in households over 27 years ago. Congresswoman Clark utilized her position on the Appropriations Committee to secure the inclusion of this noise mitigation measure after ongoing efforts to reduce overflight noise and address impact concerns of surrounding residents.
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won the gavel
again Sunday as the House elected her to guide members through the start of a post-Trump Washington, marking the beginning of what is expected to be the last term of the trailblazer’s historic career at the U.S. Capitol. It is my great honor to preside over this sacred ritual of renewal as we gather under the dome of this temple of democracy to begin the 117th Congress, Pelosi said after being reelected and handed the gavel. I thank my Democratic colleagues in the Congress for the confidence you have placed in me by electing me speaker, and will endeavor to meet the moment with courage, unity and grace.