House managers to deliver impeachment article on Biden's 1st full week in office
House impeachment managers are expected to deliver the article of impeachment for "incitement of insurrection" against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday evening -- triggering the first impeachment trial of a former president that is slated to begin the week of Feb. 8 -- giving Biden a two-week window to work on his priorities.
Entering his first full week as president, Biden now gets to work on a sweeping and expensive legislative agenda where the crises are vast and the solutions are complex. An administration official said the president’s conversations with a bipartisan group of lawmakers over the weekend was “constructive,” but already he is coming up against the limits of the inaugural themes that earned him bipartisan praise.
Republicans like Sen. Mitt Romney who have warmed to Biden’s themes are balking at his price tags. And members of Congress who might be less sincere in their desire to work with the new White House are finding reasons to complain about the fast executive actions issued by the president.
The latest ABC News/Ipsos poll found hints of a Biden honeymoon, with broad and even somewhat bipartisan support for his handling of COVID-19 and for his aspirations to turn down the temperature on political rhetoric.
But when it comes to policy areas, such support starts breaking down. That includes overwhelming Republican opposition to Biden’s early moves on immigration and the border wall -- signature issues of former President Donald Trump that continue to bring out sharp partisan passions.
-ABC News' Political Director Rick Klein
