She’s broken with Trump and the GOP before, most recently when she initially opposed confirming a replacement to the Supreme Court after Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. Murkowski ultimately voted to confirm Trump’s pick, Amy Coney Barrett politi.co/3bsO5XY
Sen. Ben Sasse
He's a frequent critic of Trump and Republicans who stick too closely with the president. He sent a 2,200-word critique of his GOP colleagues after Sen. Josh Hawley declared that he would back Trump’s bid to challenge Joe Biden’s victory politi.co/3bsO5XY
Sen. Pat Toomey
This isn’t the first time he’s challenged the president or Republicans. But he has recently intensified his rhetoric, saying Trump has "descended into a level of madness" since his election loss politi.co/3bsO5XY
Rep. Adam Kinzinger
He frequently bashes the president, and since the election has only escalated his attacks. A day after rioters invaded the Capitol, Kinzinger called on VP Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office politi.co/3bsO5XY
Rep. Liz Cheney
Cheney has frequently pushed back on Trump, most notably on foreign policy issues, but she recently criticized the president’s push to overturn the election results. Backing impeachment would set her apart from others in GOP leadership politi.co/3bsO5XY
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The 10 Republicans who voted to impeach:
• Meijer, MI
• Katko, NY
• Newhouse, WA
• Rice, SC
• Gonzalez, OH
• Upton, MI
• Cheney, WY
• Herrera Beutler, WA
• Kinzinger, IL
• Valadao, CA politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, will vote to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in inciting a deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
"There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution," Cheney said in a statement announcing her decision. politi.co/3i582Fz
Vice President Mike Pence was swiftly ushered out of the Senate chamber after protesters supporting President Donald Trump breached the Capitol amid Congress' certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
Congress paused its certification of the Electoral College as the House and Senate chambers were abruptly forced into lockdown, after Capitol police reported a “breach” of the building politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
This is the moment the House adjourned after protestors breached the U.S. Capitol politi.co/3hPMvkb
Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, according to two people with knowledge of the decision politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
Garland's selection comes after Democrats appear poised to gain control of the Senate, making the task of finding a replacement for the judge far easier politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
When Justice Antonin Scalia died in 2016, President Obama turned to Garland for what he hoped would be a consensus pick.
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell denied Garland a hearing or a vote, leaving the nomination hanging for nearly a year. politi.co/35xoo4T
That's when the House and the Senate will convene for a joint session to certify the electoral votes for Biden. The Senate will enter the House chamber, followed by VP Mike Pence and Secretary of Senate Mike Pompeo. politi.co/2JPM6Bv
⏰ At roughly 1:05 p.m., Pence will call the joint session to order and hand the certificate of Alabama to the first teller, who will read it and pass it over to the Clerk to the Parliamentarian. We'll continue going through the states alphabetically. politi.co/2JPM6Bv
Tonight is unprecedented: Double-barreled runoffs in one state to decide control of the Senate. Here's what our reporters are watching for tonight.
We'll be here with more live analysis + results :point_right: politi.co/3pWnfLB
When will we know the results of tonight's Georgia Senate runoffs?
Some say it could come overnight – but it all depends how close the race is. If it's within 0.5 percentage points, we could see a recount and more delays.