Stories tagged: "Impeachment"

Economy House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the chamber for final votes as the House wraps up its work for the week, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. McCarthy is seeking enough GOP backing to become Democrat Nancy Pelosi's successor when Republicans take control of the House in the new Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy House Republicans’ Agenda Focuses on Social Security Cuts and Sham Investigations—Not Working Families

Between Republicans’ economic agenda, spurious investigations, and threatened impeachments, the House is looking at a busy but unproductive year.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson December 13, 2022 1:53 pm EST
Elections Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., arrives for votes on President Joe Biden's cabinet nominees, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Elections Pennsylvania Republicans Nearly Censure Toomey for Voting to Support Election Results

Pennsylvania's Republican Party expressed its disapproval of US Sen. Pat Toomey over his vote to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s second impeachment trial.

Associated Press Associated Press March 2, 2021 4:46 pm EST
National US Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pennsylvania, a House impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, departs at the close of the first day of the proceeding, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Get to Know Madeleine Dean, One of the House Impeachment Managers

The Democratic Congresswoman from Montgomery County is a lawyer and former English professor.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla February 11, 2021 4:08 pm EST
National Bruce Castor, a former Montgomery County District Attorney and Commissioner, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in 2014, in Norristown, Montgomery County. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
National Montgomery County Lawyer to Represent Trump in Impeachment Trial

Bruce Castor formerly served as Montgomery County District Attorney and as a Montgomery County Commissioner. He was also acting state attorney general for several days in 2016.

Associated Press Associated Press February 1, 2021 1:54 pm EST
Crime Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pa., speaks on the House floor as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol during Trump's first impeachment in 2019. (House Television via AP)
Crime These Are the Nine Pennsylvania Republican House Members Who Voted Against Impeaching Trump

US Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, who said just last week that Trump “lit the flame of incitement and owns responsibility” for the attempted coup, voted against impeachment.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla January 13, 2021 6:07 pm EST

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Volunteers Aaron McKissic, left, an employee of FedEx, and Dina Nellis, right, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, work on an assembly line filling bags with six week-end meals for students in 29 Pittsburgh city schools in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. The Backpack Feeding Program provides free weekend meals to children enrolled in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture National School Lunch Program's Free or Reduced Price School Meals. The Backpack Feeding program is coordinated by the joint effort of Focus Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh area Food Bank. ( Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Local We asked, you answered: What’s a charity or organization in Pennsylvania you feel strongly about donating your time and/or money to?
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Breaking People gather at the base of the U.S. Capitol with large IMPEACH and REMOVE letters on January 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. The group is calling on Congress to impeach and remove President Donald Trump on the day that Democrats introduced articles of impeachment in response to Trump's incitement of a mob entering the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for MoveOn)
Breaking Trump Takes No Responsibility for Terrorists as House Gets Ready for Wednesday Impeachment Vote

Trump faces a charge of "incitement of insurrection" for the deadly terrorist attack on the Capitol building.

Associated Press Associated Press January 12, 2021 4:00 pm EST
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Politics Trump Fires Watchdog Who Handled Ukraine Complaint

Michael Atkinson was the first to inform Congress about an anonymous whistleblower complaint last year that described Trump's pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democrat Joe Biden and his son.

Associated Press Associated Press April 4, 2020 3:05 am EDT