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On Wednesday, House Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted, 18-15, along party lines, to take the initial step in impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. 

The Details:  Mayorkas is accused of refusing to enforce federal immigration laws and breaching public trust by failing to assert control of the US-Mexico border. The full House

Nine House Democrats will carry the impeachment charge of "incitement of insurrection" against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday evening, following the breach of the Capitol earlier this month that left five people dead. The impeachment trial will not formally begin until early February.

17 Senate Republicans would need to join all 48 Senate Democrats and the two

President Joe Biden canceled a Wednesday trip to Chicago and is staying in Washington D.C. as negotiations on his administration's spending bills have stalled. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has planned a vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Thursday, but progressives have pledged to vote against it unless the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package passes along with it. Moderate

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday reached a party-line 11-11 vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. 

Jackson’s confirmation is still expected later this week, however. While the Judiciary Committee will not formally recommend her nomination, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called a vote to discharge Jackson’s nomination from the committee.