Republican senator from Kentucky will continue recovery from home; Senate wraps up legislative business this week ahead of five-week recessSign up for the Break
Republican senator from Kentucky will continue recovery from home; Senate wraps up legislative business this week ahead of five-week recess
One quick note on the contempt resolution: Senator Rand Paul may try to send it straight to the Department of Justice, since advancing it in the Senate would require 60 votes. Republicans hold just 53 seats, making it almost certain to fall short of that threshold.
The Senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after a bitter hearing last week, where the retired public health official invoked the fifth amendment for fear of self-incrimination and possible prosecution by Republican lawmakers, who have routinely vilified him for his handling of the Covid-19 response.
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