President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate today after a five-month impeachment process.
The acquittal on both articles of impeachment was not a surprise, as few expected enough Republicans to break ranks and reach the 67 vote threshold needed to convict and remove Trump from office.
But still it was dramatic and historic, covered across broadcast and cable networks. This was the third time in American history that a president has been impeached — and the third time that there has been an acquittal after a Senate trial.
The vote on Article I, for abuse of power, was 52-48 to acquit, and it was 53-47 on Article II, for obstruction of Congress.
One element of suspense was whether any senators would cross party lines. Just hours before the vote, Mitt Romney gave a speech on the Senate floor in which he said that he would vote to remove Trump from office.
The acquittal on both articles of impeachment was not a surprise, as few expected enough Republicans to break ranks and reach the 67 vote threshold needed to convict and remove Trump from office.
But still it was dramatic and historic, covered across broadcast and cable networks. This was the third time in American history that a president has been impeached — and the third time that there has been an acquittal after a Senate trial.
The vote on Article I, for abuse of power, was 52-48 to acquit, and it was 53-47 on Article II, for obstruction of Congress.
One element of suspense was whether any senators would cross party lines. Just hours before the vote, Mitt Romney gave a speech on the Senate floor in which he said that he would vote to remove Trump from office.
- 2/5/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
If you’re confused about changes to Bernie Sanders’ campaign following his heart attack last week, you’re not alone.
A day after telling reporters he planned to scale back the intensity of his schedule, Sanders told NBC Nightly News on Wednesday that he “misspoke,” and that he plans to resume business as usual once his health is in order. “I said a word I should not have said and media drives me a little bit nuts to make a big deal about it,” Sanders said while sitting next to his wife Jane.
A day after telling reporters he planned to scale back the intensity of his schedule, Sanders told NBC Nightly News on Wednesday that he “misspoke,” and that he plans to resume business as usual once his health is in order. “I said a word I should not have said and media drives me a little bit nuts to make a big deal about it,” Sanders said while sitting next to his wife Jane.
- 10/10/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Bernie Sanders is recovering well from a procedure to place stents in a blocked artery, according to a statement put out by the candidate’s wife, Jane Sanders, on Thursday.
“Bernie is up and about,” Jane Sanders reported, adding that the 78-year-old Bernie has been “cracking jokes with the nurses and doctors” who “are pleased with his progress.”
Jane Sanders said her husband has received no further medical interventions and is expected to be discharged from the hospital “before the end of the weekend,” after which he’ll fly home to Burlington,...
“Bernie is up and about,” Jane Sanders reported, adding that the 78-year-old Bernie has been “cracking jokes with the nurses and doctors” who “are pleased with his progress.”
Jane Sanders said her husband has received no further medical interventions and is expected to be discharged from the hospital “before the end of the weekend,” after which he’ll fly home to Burlington,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
It had the vibe of a campaign event, even if it wasn’t one.
A few hundred of America’s highest-profile liberal politicians, academics and journalists, many of them old friends — a “progressive Bar Mitzvah,” as one friend jokingly put it — met on a crisp Thursday night in late November in Burlington, Vermont, at an event hosted by Jane Sanders.
The wife of the Vermont Senator shows an excitement, even ebullience, about the possibilities of politics that her relentlessly on-message husband often does not. Jane beamed as the likes of...
A few hundred of America’s highest-profile liberal politicians, academics and journalists, many of them old friends — a “progressive Bar Mitzvah,” as one friend jokingly put it — met on a crisp Thursday night in late November in Burlington, Vermont, at an event hosted by Jane Sanders.
The wife of the Vermont Senator shows an excitement, even ebullience, about the possibilities of politics that her relentlessly on-message husband often does not. Jane beamed as the likes of...
- 12/19/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
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