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| Democrats officially take control of House as shutdown grinds on – live updates | Democrats officially take control of House as shutdown grinds on – live updates |
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| A California Democrat plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Donald Trump on the first day of the new Congress. | |
| Rep. Brad Sherman will introduce the measure Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported. He first introduced articles of impeachment last year, but this time around the House will be under government control. | |
| “There is no reason it shouldn’t be before the Congress,” Sherman told the LA Times. “Every day, Donald Trump shows that leaving the White House would be good for our country.” | |
| Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not rule out impeachment proceedings in an interview Thursday morning, but said Democrats would wait to see the conclusions of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. | |
| Rep. Jerry Nadler, the incoming chair of the House Judiciary Committee, plans to re-introduce a bill protecting the job of special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday, CNN reports. | Rep. Jerry Nadler, the incoming chair of the House Judiciary Committee, plans to re-introduce a bill protecting the job of special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday, CNN reports. |
| The legislation would say that the special counsel could only be fired for cause, and only by certain Justice Department officials. It would allow the special counsel to challenge his dismissal in court. | The legislation would say that the special counsel could only be fired for cause, and only by certain Justice Department officials. It would allow the special counsel to challenge his dismissal in court. |
| Democrats in the House may pass the bill, but it has little chance of passing the Senate, where majority leader Mitch McConnell refused to bring it up for a vote in spite of Senator Jeff Flake blocking all judicial confirmations unless the special counsel bill was brought up. Flake has now retired. | Democrats in the House may pass the bill, but it has little chance of passing the Senate, where majority leader Mitch McConnell refused to bring it up for a vote in spite of Senator Jeff Flake blocking all judicial confirmations unless the special counsel bill was brought up. Flake has now retired. |
| Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats will give Donald Trump “nothing for the wall,” as a government shutdown over his demand for money to build a border wall grinds on. | Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats will give Donald Trump “nothing for the wall,” as a government shutdown over his demand for money to build a border wall grinds on. |
| “No, no. Nothing for the wall. We’re talking about border security,” she said in an interview that aired this morning on NBC’s Today Show. “There is no amount of persuasion he can do to say to us, ‘We want you to do something that is not effective, that costs billions of dollars.’ That sends the wrong message about who we are as a country.” | “No, no. Nothing for the wall. We’re talking about border security,” she said in an interview that aired this morning on NBC’s Today Show. “There is no amount of persuasion he can do to say to us, ‘We want you to do something that is not effective, that costs billions of dollars.’ That sends the wrong message about who we are as a country.” |
| "Are you willing to come up and give him some of this money for the wall?" -@SavannahGuthrie "No." -@NancyPelosi "Because apparently that's the sticking point." -Guthrie"No, no. Nothing for the wall." -PelosiFull exclusive interview tomorrow on TODAY pic.twitter.com/6zHKXJjPbb | "Are you willing to come up and give him some of this money for the wall?" -@SavannahGuthrie "No." -@NancyPelosi "Because apparently that's the sticking point." -Guthrie"No, no. Nothing for the wall." -PelosiFull exclusive interview tomorrow on TODAY pic.twitter.com/6zHKXJjPbb |
| Democrats have offered $1.3bn for border security measures other than a wall. Trump wants $5bn for a wall. | Democrats have offered $1.3bn for border security measures other than a wall. Trump wants $5bn for a wall. |
| “This is the Trump shutdown, through and through. That’s why he has proudly taken, in his view, proudly taken ownership of it. There’s no escaping that for him,” Pelosi said in the Today Show appearance. “That doesn’t mean we take any joy in the fact that there is a Trump shutdown. We want government to open.” | “This is the Trump shutdown, through and through. That’s why he has proudly taken, in his view, proudly taken ownership of it. There’s no escaping that for him,” Pelosi said in the Today Show appearance. “That doesn’t mean we take any joy in the fact that there is a Trump shutdown. We want government to open.” |
| Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she won’t rule out the possibility that Donald Trump could be indicted while in office, calling the question “an open discussion.” | Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she won’t rule out the possibility that Donald Trump could be indicted while in office, calling the question “an open discussion.” |
| In an interview with NBC’s Today Show Thursday, Pelosi said the Justice Department’s policy of shielding an incumbent president from criminal charges is not set in stone. | In an interview with NBC’s Today Show Thursday, Pelosi said the Justice Department’s policy of shielding an incumbent president from criminal charges is not set in stone. |
| “I do not think that that is conclusive. No, I do not,” Pelosi told the Today Show. “I think that that is an open discussion. I think that is an open discussion in terms of the law.” | “I do not think that that is conclusive. No, I do not,” Pelosi told the Today Show. “I think that that is an open discussion. I think that is an open discussion in terms of the law.” |
| Pelosi is expected to ascend to the speakership Thursday when a new, majority-Democratic House is officially sworn in. | Pelosi is expected to ascend to the speakership Thursday when a new, majority-Democratic House is officially sworn in. |
| She said she has no plans to pursue impeachment of the president, but wouldn’t rule it out pending the results of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference. | She said she has no plans to pursue impeachment of the president, but wouldn’t rule it out pending the results of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference. |
| “We have to wait and see what happens with the Mueller report. We shouldn’t be impeaching for a political reason, and we shouldn’t avoid impeachment for a political reason. So we’ll just have to see how it comes,” she said. | “We have to wait and see what happens with the Mueller report. We shouldn’t be impeaching for a political reason, and we shouldn’t avoid impeachment for a political reason. So we’ll just have to see how it comes,” she said. |
| In another interview with USA Today, she said there would have to be bipartisan support for impeachment before she would pursue it. | In another interview with USA Today, she said there would have to be bipartisan support for impeachment before she would pursue it. |
| “If there’s to be grounds for impeachment of President Trump – and I’m not seeking those grounds – that would have to be so clearly bipartisan in terms of acceptance of it before I think we should go down any impeachment path,” Pelosi said. | “If there’s to be grounds for impeachment of President Trump – and I’m not seeking those grounds – that would have to be so clearly bipartisan in terms of acceptance of it before I think we should go down any impeachment path,” Pelosi said. |
| Democrats officially take control of the House today, as members of the 116th Congress are formally sworn in. The ceremonial swearing in is set for noon. Nancy Pelosi is set to become the new House Speaker. | Democrats officially take control of the House today, as members of the 116th Congress are formally sworn in. The ceremonial swearing in is set for noon. Nancy Pelosi is set to become the new House Speaker. |
| Much of the federal government remains shut down, with little progress toward resolving the impasse over Donald Trump’s demand for money to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. The House plans to vote on Thursday for bills that would fund the government without border wall money, ending the shutdown. But even though the Senate previously unanimously approved the same sort of temporary spending bill, the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, now says he won’t allow a vote on a bill unless Trump agrees to it, and said the shutdown could last for “weeks”. | Much of the federal government remains shut down, with little progress toward resolving the impasse over Donald Trump’s demand for money to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. The House plans to vote on Thursday for bills that would fund the government without border wall money, ending the shutdown. But even though the Senate previously unanimously approved the same sort of temporary spending bill, the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, now says he won’t allow a vote on a bill unless Trump agrees to it, and said the shutdown could last for “weeks”. |
| Meanwhile, the class taking the oath today includes a host of historic firsts: the first Native American women, the first Muslim women, the first black women elected from Massachusetts and Connecticut, the first Hispanic women elected from Texas, and the youngest woman to be elected to Congress. A record 102 women will be sworn into the House on Thursday, 35 of whom were elected for the first time in November. | Meanwhile, the class taking the oath today includes a host of historic firsts: the first Native American women, the first Muslim women, the first black women elected from Massachusetts and Connecticut, the first Hispanic women elected from Texas, and the youngest woman to be elected to Congress. A record 102 women will be sworn into the House on Thursday, 35 of whom were elected for the first time in November. |