Author: Alan Fram
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McConnell: GOP will start impeachment trial, delay witnesses
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WASHINGTON • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he has the votes to start President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as soon as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi releases the documents, winning support from GOP senators to postpone a decision on calling witnesses. The announcement is significant, enabling McConnell to bypass for now Democratic demands…
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Democrats push impeachment rules package through House
WASHINGTON — Democrats rammed a package of ground rules for their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump through a sharply divided House Thursday, the chamber’s first formal vote in a fight that could stretch into the 2020 election year. The vote was 232-196, with all Republicans against the resolution and two Democratic defectors joining them.…
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On your left: Fearing the next AOC, US House Democrats in Colorado, other states hoard campaign cash
WASHINGTON — Somewhere out there, the next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lurks. So wary House Democrats are amassing campaign war chests to scare off progressive upstarts from challenging them in primaries — or trounce them if they try. A look at 41 incumbent House Democrats who face potential 2020 party primary opponents shows 16 have already stockpiled…
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US House condemns Trump’s ‘racist’ tweets; Colorado delegation splits on vote
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WASHINGTON • In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump’s “racist comments” against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump’s Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn’t “a racist bone in my body.” Two days after Trump tweeted that four Democratic freshmen should “go…
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House OKs Dems’ immigration bill, despite veto threat
WASHINGTON — Democrats shunned a White House veto threat and muscled legislation through the House Tuesday that would bestow a chance for citizenship on an estimated 2 million-plus migrants. The “American Dream and Promise Act” bill stands virtually no chance of enactment but lets Democrats showcase their efforts on one of their highest-profile priorities. The…
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David Ramsey: Let’s return to Nixon’s polarizing Air Force Academy graduation speech
Polarizing. It describes a leader armed with the charisma, intelligence and inclination to divide America, where talent at polarizing leads to power, fame and riches. Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt were beloved and despised. So were Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Today, Donald Trump polarizes, inspiring tension and loud fun at family dinners across…
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GOP warning about socialism not resonating with many Colorado voters
ALAMOSA • In this San Luis Valley town encircled by prairies and potato farms, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner drew shouts of approval last week for his message that Democrats are shoving the country toward socialism. “That’s not what government is or what it should be,” he told about 200 Alamosa County Republicans at a barbecue…
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House passes resolution to stop Trump’s border emergency declaration
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WASHINGTON — Democrats ignored a veto threat and rammed legislation through the House Tuesday that would stymie President Donald Trump’s bid for billions of extra dollars for his border wall, escalating a clash over whether he was abusing his powers to advance his paramount campaign pledge. The House’s 245-182 vote to block Trump’s national emergency…
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Trump declares national emergency to build border wall
WASHINGTON — Battling with one branch of government and opening a new confrontation with another, President Donald Trump announced Friday he was declaring a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Bypassing Congress, which approved far less money for his proposed wall than he had sought, Trump said…
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Trump to declare national emergency at border as he signs Senate’s spending compromise
WASHINGTON — The Senate resoundingly approved a border security compromise Thursday that ignores most of President Donald Trump’s demands for building a wall with Mexico but would prevent a new government shutdown. The White House said Trump would sign it but then declare a national emergency and perhaps invoke other executive powers to try to…