Trump was impeached again by the House of Representatives, including 10 Republicans, but is less likely to be convicted by a two-thirds Senate vote. Instead of clearing the air, the impeachment initiative has intensified an acrimonious political mood with threats of more violence at a time when many Americans wanted to exhale and move forward.
President-elect Joe Biden helps volunteers fill food donation boxes at the Philabundance food bank during the Martin Luther King National Day of Service on Jan. 18, 2021, in Philadelphia, Penn.Along with COVID relief, infrastructure may also offer scope for common ground. Biden’s direct personal relationship with Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell could help. But potentially fruitless deliberations on impeachment may disrupt his legislative objectives.
Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator from West Virginia, has signalled publicly that he will not support some radical elements of the Democrat agenda like packing the Supreme Court or ending the filibuster that sustains the need for 60 votes on key legislation or vestiges of the Green New Deal. Unanimity among Democrats is not a sure thing.What Biden has going for him is an innate ability to work with Congress, better many believe than any of his predecessors since Lyndon Johnson.
Members of the U.S. National Guard leave the Capitol to take positions outside after an “external security threat” prior to a dress rehearsal for the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, on Jan. 18, 2021, in Washington, D.C.Biden will seek to repair some of the damage to the Western alliance, aiming for more consultation and collective alliance responses to looming challenges rather than unilateral impulses.
Can't be worse than rock bottom
He will drown his administration in the cradle with immigration.
Well, he'll get 100 days more older!
Biden's success in first 100 days in fact his entire term depends on our vocal and visible support. The effort invested in Biden/Harris election must be amplified and transferred to supporting their agenda. MakeItHappen
What difference does it make? They are all so corrupt.
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