President Biden’s agenda in his first days in office and the Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump dominated the political interview shows Sunday morning.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) discussed the possibility of using budget reconciliation to pass parts of Biden’s agenda, while two of the president’s nominees weighed in on the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
Multiple guests also discussed whether a Senate impeachment trial of a former president is constitutional.
Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.
| Sanders: Senate may use budget reconciliation to pass Biden agenda |
| By JOHN BOWDEN |
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| Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming Budget Committee chair, said on Sunday that Senate Democrats would use a tactic known as budget reconciliation to pass parts of President Biden’s agenda if Republicans refuse to support Biden’s plans.
“Now as you know, reconciliation, which is a Senate rule, was used by the Republicans under Trump to pass massive tax breaks for the rich and corporations, it was used as an attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and what we’re saying is, ‘You used for that, that’s fine. We are going to use reconciliation…you did it, we’re going to do it to protect ordinary people, not the rich and the powerful,’ ” he said. |
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| Romney noncommittal on impeachment vote but says trial is likely constitutional |
| By ZACK BUDRYK |
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| “There’s no question that the article of impeachment that was sent over by the House describes impeachable conduct, but we have not yet heard either from the prosecution or the defense,” said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), the only Republican to vote to convict Trump in early 2020. “I’ll get a chance to hear from them, and I’ll do my best as a Senate juror to apply justice as well as I can understand it.” |
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| GOP senator: Impeachment a ‘moot point’ after Trump’s exit |
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| Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he believed the Constitution only allowed for current presidents to be impeached by Congress, thereby rendering the discussion about whether Trump had committed an impeachable offense with his incitement of the violent mob that overtook the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 a “moot point.” |
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