The question is whether, three years before he faces voters again, the political fallout will last.
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Impeachment vote becomes defining moment for GOP senator
North Carolina’s Richard Burr was the most unexpected ‘guilty’ vote.
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Republicans want to change Florida’s model voting system
They point not to evidence of problems but to the potential for voter fraud and suspicion about the process.
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GOP bills would protect drivers who hit protesters
Tumultuous demonstrations stir debate about what tactics are free speech and which go too far.
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Pelosi says bipartisan panel should investigate Capitol riot
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a commission to study the deadly attack at the Capitol must be ‘strongly bipartisan.’
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Sen. Collins responds after Maine’s Republican Party condemns her vote to impeach Trump
Collins acknowledges the party’s dissatisfaction, but says it’s time for Republicans to focus on improving their electoral results.
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Jared Golden named vice chairperson of subcommittee overseeing ship building contracts
The subcommittee oversees naval acquisition contracts for military shipbuilding at Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery.
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Biden optimistic on reopening of elementary schools
President Biden holds a town hall in the swing state of Wisconsin, marking a new phase in selling his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package.
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Trump hurls insults at McConnell, calls him an ‘unsmiling political hack’
Moments after the Senate voted to acquit Trump on Saturday, top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell gave a floor speech in which he blamed Trump for spreading ‘wild falsehoods’ about a stolen election, creating a ‘manufactured atmosphere of looming catastrophe’ that inspired the mob.
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Maine Republicans to consider rebuking Collins over impeachment vote
Collins was 1 of 7 Republicans who voted to convict Trump of inciting an insurrection.