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Janet Yellen is sworn-in as the nation’s 78th Treasury secretary by Vice Pres. Harris. Yellen is the first woman to hold the job.

In the Senate chamber at about 2:15 p.m., a rarely used motion that calls all senators to their seats in the chamber -- "a live quorum call" -- is set to take place to ensure they all can stand together at once, raise their hand and take their oath as jurors in former President Donald Trump'sAround 2:30 p.m, Former President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, will swear in his successor, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

"The Constitution says the chief justice presides for a sitting president. So that is not going to be -- so it was up to John Roberts whether he wanted to preside with a president who’s no longer sitting -- Trump -- and he doesn’t want to do it," Schumer said."So traditionally what has happened is then the next in line is the Senate pro tem -- that’s the most senior senator on the majority side, and that’s Sen. Leahy, who’s a very experienced man and a very fair man.

 

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You can’t legislate fairness.

forcing young people to think a certain way, will probably make them do the opposite. good luck

So old

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