The Senate is voting now on "whether or not it shall be in order to consider and debate under the impeachment rules any motion to subpoena witnesses and or documents."
Republicans voting YES on calling witnesses in this Trump trial: Collins, Murkowski, Romney, Sasse.
(Vote not final yet.)
! Lindsey Graham just changed his vote to YES on calling witnesses in the Trump trial.
BREAKING: Senate votes 55-45 that it may consider motions to subpoena witnesses and documents in the Trump impeachment trial.
NEW: The Republican civil war ended today. Donald Trump won.
The party’s decision to acquit him on charges of inciting the 1/6 siege on the Capitol frees him to run for president again and cements his status as kingmaker for years to come.
The vote by 43 of 50 Republicans to acquit Trump shows the deep and enduring hesitation in the party to disown Trumpism, however they justify it. Senators know their voters care about how they vote, not the caveats they later add in a speech or statement.
President Biden put a $15 wage in his Covid bill but he's backing away by saying it'll likely die under Senate rules. Bernie Sanders isn't happy—he says the policy is eligible for reconciliation and that it's now or never.
Trump lawyer Bruce Castor praises the "outstanding presentation" from managers.
"You will not hear any member of the team representing former President Trump say anything but in the strongest possible way denounce the violence of the rioters and those that breached the Capitol."
Trump's lawyer Bruce Castor calls US senators "extraordinary people, in the technical sense." Then discusses Everett Dirksen and his "commanding, gravely voice that just oozes belief and sincerity."
Bruce Castor: "This trial is about trading liberty for the security from the mob? Honestly, no. It can't be. We can't be thinking about that."
Democrats want to bulk up the Covid package with more cash relief, this time for families with kids, the latest sign of a shift within the party away from deficit fears and toward a larger economic safety net.
Democrats are haunted by memories of 2009, when they downsized their crisis aid bill only to see a slow recovery and get hammered for it politically the following year. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
On Democrats’ new child allowance: A Columbia study of a similar plan found it’d cut child poverty 42%.
“The ACA — Biden called that a 'big f---ing deal,' and I think this is of the same magnitude in terms of investment in children,” says @SethHanlon.