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By S.T. Patrick
In a blatantly partisan move that would continue to set precedents in the midst of our national political superstorm, Democrats have been very outspoken about the desire to impeach Justice Brett Kavanaugh from the bench of the Supreme Court.
Kavanaugh has served on the Supreme Court for one year. The path to the bench was a difficult one for President Donald Trump’s second Supreme Court appointee. Christine Blasey Ford, a psychology professor at Palo Alto University, accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school. After the public dissection of both Kavanaugh’s and Ford’s lives concluded, Kavanaugh was confirmed in the Senate by a vote of 50-48, or 51.02%, the closest confirmation vote of any Supreme Court appointee in American history.
December 10, 2020 7:02 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have given no sign yet that theyâre ready to directly engage in negotiations to sort through competing pandemic relief proposals a step that many lawmakers say will be necessary to complete a deal this month.
The Senate GOP leader is now on board with a $916 billion proposal released Tuesday by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, while the House speaker sees a rival $908 billion plan still being drafted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as the best path to a deal to aid the struggling U.S. economy.
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