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☆ Biden to sign executive orders to boost food benefits, workers' rights as part of Covid relief push
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

The other calls for "empowering federal workers and contractors," he added. The White House said up to 8 million people did not receive the first $1,200 stimulus check passed in March. He will call on agencies to review which federal workers make fewer than $15 per hour. Both pandemic relief measures would have expired at the end of the month. Biden has moved to boost the economy through executive orders while he tries to get the $1.9 trillion aid package passed by Congress.

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☆ House will deliver Trump impeachment article to Senate on Monday, Schumer says
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) displays a signed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The House will deliver the impeachment article against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday. While Trump has already left the White House, the Senate can vote to bar him from holding office again if it chooses to convict him. Speaking after Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., expressed concerns that Trump would not have enough time to mount a defense. The first trial Trump faced last year for charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress lasted about three weeks.

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Dissent from either party carries weight for Biden, who entered the White House on Wednesday with a razor-thin majority in Congress. The party has not made final decisions on what parts of Biden's plan it will include in legislation, though funds for vaccine distribution are a priority. Deese cited the jobless claims data in pushing for Biden's relief plan on Thursday, saying the economy is "moving in the wrong direction." Biden's plan faces obstacles in the Senate. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who will soon take over the Senate Budget Committee, has urged Democrats to use reconciliation to pass economic relief.

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☆ Joe Biden is sworn in as president: 'Democracy has prevailed'
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

Biden took the oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, with his left hand on a family Bible. Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersBiden, the oldest American president, faces swirling crises as he and Vice President Kamala Harris take power. At 56, she becomes the first woman, first Black American and first South Asian American to become vice president. Biden served two terms as Obama's vice president from 2009 to 2017.

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☆ Democrats to take Senate control when three new members are sworn in
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +2 min

Democrats are expected take control of the Senate on Wednesday when three new members of the party are sworn in. Democratic Senators-elect Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff from Georgia and appointee Alex Padilla from California are set to take office in the afternoon, bringing the Senate party split to 50-50. Though Chuck Schumer and Democrats will decide what the Senate pursues, they will face a challenge in finding Republican support to pass most legislation. Some Democrats have called to get rid of the tool to allow bills to pass with a simple majority vote. Biden hopes the Senate can spend part of its time on the impeachment trial while still confirming executive branch nominees.

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☆ Schumer and McConnell move to set rules for deadlocked Senate, Trump impeachment trial
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: +2 min

Preparing for the first evenly split Senate in 20 years and the only impeachment trial for an ex-president in U.S. history, Senate leaders Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell plan to discuss ground rules for the chamber on Tuesday. Schumer, D-N.Y., and the McConnell, R-Ky., have to decide how to handle an unprecedented few weeks for the Senate. The chamber needs to set rules for an impeachment trial of outgoing President Donald Trump, which Democrats aim to balance with the confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet and passage of a coronavirus relief bill. In the last evenly split Senate in 2001, each party had the same number of seats on committees. If a committee was deadlocked on a measure, the majority leader had the power to bring it to a full Senate vote.

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☆ Capitol rioters came within a minute of reaching Pence, report says
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +2 min

Vice President Mike Pence (R) is escorted by Sgt. A group storming the Capitol reached a landing about 100 feet from where the Pences hid only about a minute after the vice president left the Senate chamber, the report said. The report stressed how close the Capitol attackers came to finding the top officials in the U.S. government during the insurrection. Responding to the details in The Washington Post, Secret Service spokesperson Justine Whelan said Pence was safe throughout the day. A spokesman for Pence did not immediately respond to a request to comment on The Washington Post report.

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☆ European markets head for higher open despite coronavirus, U.S. political turbulence
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.96 time to read: +2 min

LONDON — European stocks are expected to open higher Thursday despite ongoing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and political turbulence in the U.S.London's FTSE is seen opening 15 points higher at 6,762, Germany's DAX 59 points higher at 14,009, France's CAC 40 up 19 points at 5,684 and Italy's FTSE MIB 45 points higher at 22,686, according to IG. European markets look poised to start the trading day on a positive note, despite the ongoing battle with a rise in coronavirus cases. Vaccination rollouts across the Continent have raised hopes that an end to the pandemic is on its way, however. U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday night as traders kept an eye on interest rates and lingering turmoil in Washington. Subscribe to CNBC PRO for exclusive insights and analysis, and live business day programming from around the world.

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☆ Even with majorities in Congress, Biden faces a hard time getting his Covid relief bill passed
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

Kevin Lamarque | ReutersPresident-elect Joe Biden faces a range of pitfalls in trying to push his coronavirus relief plan through Congress. Democrats will hold a slim majority in the House and could need Republican support to pass a bill. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and many in his party oppose state and local government relief, multiple Senate Republicans have joined Democrats in supporting the aid. Democrats will gain a narrow Senate majority this month when Senators-elect Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff from Georgia are sworn in. Biden aims to pass his relief plan with bipartisan support, a person familiar with the transition team's thinking confirmed to CNBC.

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☆ House to impeach Trump for inciting Capitol attack as more Republicans get on board
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

Seven days before the president leaves office, the House plans to charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors for inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week. President Donald Trump , a man hyperaware of his achievements and place in history, will add a first to his record on Wednesday. The House will send the article across the Capitol immediately, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told NBC News on Wednesday. The Capitol insurrection made more GOP lawmakers willing to boot their party's president from office. At least five House Republicans will vote to impeach Trump on Wednesday.

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☆ Trump impeachment trial likely during Biden presidency as McConnell refuses to reconvene Senate early
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

A second impeachment trial for President Donald Trump will likely drag into President-elect Joe Biden's term as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will not bring the upper chamber back earlier than Tuesday. Schumer had urged his GOP counterpart to use emergency powers to swiftly hold a trial and vote on whether to convict Trump and remove him from office. The Senate trial after the House first impeached Trump took nearly three weeks, from mid-January until early February of last year. However, a Senate vote to convict Trump would prevent him from becoming president again in 2025. However, he has not commented on whether he would vote to convict Trump if impeachment came to the Senate.

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☆ European markets head for mixed open as investors focus on coronavirus, U.S. politics
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

LONDON — European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory on Tuesday as investors remain focused on the latest coronavirus developments and the state of U.S. politics. Investors are also weighing up the prospect for additional U.S. fiscal stimulus after a Democratic sweep of Congress. President-elect Joe Biden pledged Friday a hefty economic stimulus rollout, which he said will be "in the trillions of dollars." On the data front, U.K. retail sales data for December are released by the British Retail Consortium; the Netherlands publishes inflation data for December and Norway releases growth data for November. Subscribe to CNBC PRO for exclusive insights and analysis, and live business day programming from around the world.

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☆ House forges ahead with push to remove Trump from office
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

The House will push ahead Tuesday with efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office for inciting last week's deadly attack on the Capitol. On Wednesday, the House plans to decide whether to make Trump the first president ever impeached twice. The vice president has so far resisted calls to remove Trump from office. Democrats introduced competing versions of impeachment articles on Monday. Some Democrats have also questioned whether the House should send articles to the Senate immediately after it impeaches Trump.

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☆ House GOP chair Liz Cheney, two other Republican lawmakers will vote to impeach Trump
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

None of this would have happened without the President," the Republican conference chair said. In a statement, Cheney said Trump "summoned this mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack." Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, said Tuesday she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump , as at least three GOP lawmakers will move to charge the president from their own party with high crimes and misdemeanors. The House plans to vote Wednesday on whether to charge Trump with high crimes and misdemeanors. The facts establish that he is unfit to remain in office a single day longer and warrant the immediate impeachment of President Trump."

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☆ Stock futures modestly higher as Wall Street awaits clarity from Washington
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Pippa Stevens | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

U.S. stock index futures were modestly higher in overnight trading on Tuesday, after a session that saw stocks alternate between gains and losses. Stocks closed little changed on Tuesday as traders digested higher rates, possible additional stimulus measures and political turmoil. Rising rates could hurt growth stocks, however, and a number of tech heavyweights including Facebook and Apple declined during Tuesday's session. Expectations for additional fiscal stimulus is one of the reasons behind the steady move higher in yields. Taken together, Schutte said this sets the stage for above-average economic growth, and he sees stocks climbing to new highs.

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☆ House prepares to impeach Trump for inciting the U.S. Capitol riot
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

It puts them just shy of the 218-vote majority needed to impeach Trump in the House, though the number could end up lower due to vacancies and absences. The House will likely vote to impeach Trump by later this week, only a few days before President-elect Joe Biden will take office one week from Wednesday. Trump exhorted his supporters outside the White House to march on the Capitol shortly before the Capitol siege and repeated lies that widespread fraud cost him the November election. The White House and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., have argued impeachment would divide the country. If all Democrats vote to convict Trump, 17 Republicans would have to join them to meet the needed two-thirds threshold.

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☆ House could move to impeach Trump by next week, top Democrat says
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

defend democracy" rally, a day after supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 7, 2021. Jeenah Moon | ReutersThe House could move next week to impeach President Donald Trump if Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet do not remove the president before then, a top Democrat said Friday. Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, the fourth-ranking House Democrat, told CNN that the chamber could act "as early as mid-next week." The House has prepared to impeach Trump an unprecedented second time after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol on Wednesday and delayed Congress' formal count of President-elect Joe Biden's election win. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called Thursday for Pence and Trump's Cabinet to remove Trump by invoking the 25th Amendment.

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☆ Democratic Sen. Manchin cast doubts on $2,000 direct payments, jeopardizing passage
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +2 min

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin signaled Friday he could oppose $2,000 direct payments, jeopardizing one of his party's priorities for when it takes unified control of the White House and Congress. The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation previously said increasing the payments in the aid law passed last month to $2,000 from $600 would cost $463 billion. His stance raises doubts about what kind of direct deposit plan could get through the Senate once Democrats hold a razor-thin majority. Biden, Warnock and Ossoff said the election of Democrats in Georgia would mean the Senate can pass $2,000 checks. At least one Republican — Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri — backed $2,000 checks last month as President Donald Trump pushed for them.

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☆ European markets head for higher open after projected Democrat Senate win
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-07 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +2 min

LONDON — European stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday following a projected win for Democrats in the U.S. Senate following dramatic scenes when pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building. London's FTSE is seen opening 38 points higher at 6,889, Germany's DAX 23 points higher at 13,938, France's CAC 40 up 8 points at 5,652 and Italy's FTSE MIB up 111 points at 22,692, according to IG. European markets look set to open higher, following projected wins for Democrats in Georgia's two Senate runoffs on Wednesday. The victories set up a 50-50 split in the Senate, giving Democrats a slim majority with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will certify the winner of the 2020 election Wednesday night.

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☆ Trump says there will be an 'orderly transition' of power after Congress confirms Biden win
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-07 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com sentiment -0.96 time to read: +1 min

US President Donald Trump is seen on TV from a video message released on Twitter, seen in an empty Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on January 6, 2020. President Donald Trump said early Thursday that he was willing to allow an "orderly transition" of power, just minutes after Congress formally confirmed the election of Joe Biden as president. "Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. Overnight, Congress reconvened and formally confirmed the election of Biden. Biden, a Democrat, and his running mate, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, hit 306 votes in the Electoral College, 36 more than needed to secure a White House victory.

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☆ Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer calls for Trump's immediate removal from office
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-07 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com sentiment -0.92 time to read: +1 min

The top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer called for President Donald Trump's removal Thursday a day after a mob spurred by the president overran the Capitol as lawmakers tallied President-elect Joe Biden's presidential win. "What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office one day longer," the New York Democrat said in a statement. "The quickest and most effective way - it can be done today - to remove this president from office would be for the Vice President to immediately invoke the 25th amendment," he continued. "If the Vice President and the Cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress should reconvene to impeach the president."

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☆ National Guard will head to the Capitol to tamp down pro-Trump insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.89 time to read: +1 min

The National Guard will respond at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after pro-Trump rioters overran the building during the Electoral College vote count. The Washington D.C. National Guard was mobilized to help federal law enforcement tamp down the insurrection, according to chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman. Ralph Northam also said he would send his state's National Guard along with 200 state troopers to the Capitol. Larry Hogan added that he told the Maryland National Guard to send a force to the federal legislature. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the National Guard was "on the way along with other federal protective services" on Wednesday afternoon.

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☆ Democrats clinch slim majority in Senate as Jon Ossoff is projected to beat David Perdue
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff of Georgia speaks to supporters during a rally on November 15, 2020 in Marietta, Georgia. Ossoff faces incumbent U.S. Sen. David Purdue (R-GA) in one of two January 5 runoffs for the U.S. Senate in Georgia. The victories set up a 50-50 split in the Senate, giving Democrats a slim majority with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., previewed his party's agenda in the Senate by pushing for more coronavirus relief Wednesday. The Senate failed to approve the standalone measure, which President Donald Trump backed, ahead of the runoff elections as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not push for a vote.

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☆ Senate salvages Electoral College ballots before rioters break into the chamber
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

Electoral College ballot boxes arrive as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to confirm the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Senate staff saved paper Electoral College ballots before pro-Trump rioters broke into the chamber during a formal count Wednesday, according to a Democratic senator. Rep. James Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat and the chamber's majority whip, said "Congress will continue the business of certifying the Electoral College votes." States have certified their presidential election results. The office of Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican who has backed the efforts to stop the electoral count in key states, also did not say whether he would object to the electoral count for any states.

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☆ Senate runoffs in Georgia will shape what Biden can achieve in the White House
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-05 | by ( Jacob Pramuk | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

President-elect Joe Biden speaks in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, as he campaigns for Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. Political luminaries and donors big and small across the country have plunged into the Georgia runoffs because the two races alone will decide Senate control. Speaker Nancy Pelosi 's Democratic House majority will work to pass his agenda. President-elect Joe Biden went to Atlanta a day before the Georgia Senate runoff to do more than boost the two Democrats in Tuesday's election. Democrats are eager to win the Georgia runoffs because it may be their best chance to control the White House, House and Senate for years to come.

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