President Trump Acquitted by Senate on Both Articles of Impeachment

Romney voting to convict surprised me, as did Manchin doing the same, other than that the outcome was pretty predictable.

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Chris Wallace Highlights Adam Schiff’s History Of Having “Completely Misrepresented” The Truth

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Mitch McConnell Changes Rule After Moderate GOP Senators Insist

Mitch not only wants to keep his hold on the Senate, but he HAS to.

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Rep. Louie Gohmert Names the Alleged Whistleblower During House Judiciary Impeachment Debate

How can you not love Rep. Gohmert?

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Joe Manchin: Person of the Week

Claim To Fame: senior Senator from West Virginia

Why He's The Person of the Week: for bucking party leadership and voting 'Yes' on both the GOP and Democrat proposals to end shutdown. Showing a willingness to do 'whatever it takes' to end the shutdown, Manchin became the only Democrat to vote for a Republican Senate funding proposal.

The Republican proposal would end the 34-day shutdown with $5.7 billion for President Trump's border wall and revamp immigration laws, while the Democrats’ solution would reopen agency doors for three weeks while bargainers seek a budget accord. And with President Trump ending the Shutdown a few days later, Manchin, who has always shown a willingness for bipartisanship since he became a Senator in 2010, now says that an "outside observer" is needed to facilitate negotiations between the administration and Congress.

"You need to bring in professionals," Manchin said on "Face the Nation." "There's a lack of trust and a lack of belief on both sides. No one believes that, basically, these figures are correct, or this or that's going to happen, or do we really need all 5.7 billion being spent on some kind of a secured structure?"

Senator Joe Manchin Announces Support for Brett Kavanaugh: ‘Everybody Labored With This Decision’

Can't help but wonder what would've happened with Manchin's vote if Collins had said 'no' instead of 'yes'.

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President Trump Hugs Boy After Signing 'Right To Try' Bill

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Senate Confirms Gina Haspel As First Female CIA Director

First female CIA director?!? That Trump is such a sexist!

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‘Don’t Need That Type of Rhetoric’: Joe Manchin Bashes Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Make America White Again’ Remark

Pelosi's from a pro-illegal immigration state in California, so of course, she's going to race bait. What Nancy's really betting is Trump not having the guts to really deport 'Dreamers' come March.

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Democrat Senator Joe Manchin Tells Chris Cuomo 'Build a Wall'

Red-state Dems have been making a lot of noise lately...in a good way.

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Person of the Week: Democrat Senators Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp

Claim To Fame: Senators from West Virginia and North Dakota

Why They're Person's of the Week: For defying party head Chuck Schumer along with a liberal base that opposes anything and everything President Trump does and becoming the first Democrats to publicly announce their intention to vote for President Trump's eminently qualified Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.

"After doing my due diligence by meeting with Judge Gorsuch and reviewing his record and testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I’ve decided to vote in favor of his confirmation," Heitkamp said in a statement.

Thirty-three Senate Democrats have come out against Gorsuch's nomination, with Republicans signaling that they are willing to change Senate rules to confirm him with a simple majority if eight Democrats or Independents don't back him.

Both West Virginia's Manchin and North Dakota's Heitkamp are up for re-election next year in states that voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election.


"I hold no illusions that I will agree with every decision Judge Gorsuch may issue in the future, but I have not found any reasons why this jurist should not be a Supreme Court justice," Manchin said in a statement.

WV Senator Joe Manchin Will Not Filibuster Judge Gorsuch

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Joe Manchin On Jeff Sessions Vote: 'I'm Going To Vote For What I Know'

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Democratic Senator Joe Manchin: I Was Honored To Meet With Donald Trump

Wow, a Democrat pol with some integrity.

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