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US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence convene a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS
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Prospects of convicting Trump erode as GOP grows vocal against impeachment proceedings

Republicans are also signaling that as more time has passed since the riot, some of the emotions of the day have cooled and they're ready to move on

Timeline to Trump's impeachment trial in US Senate
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Timeline to Trump's impeachment trial in US Senate

FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump looks on as he speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One to depart Washington on travel to visit the US-Mexico border Wall in Texas, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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Trump impeachment trial put off until early February

A general view of the US Capitol in Washington, US November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
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Democrats take narrow control of US Senate

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence convene a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS
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Senate's top Democrat, Republican seek path to guide 50-50 chamber

Members of the US National Guard arrive, as the US Capitol goes into lockdown during the dress rehearsal ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration in Washington, US, January 18, 2021. Rod Lamkey/Pool via REUTERS
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US Capitol lockdown lifted, fire nearby contained

FILE PHOTO: Democratic US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, US, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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What Biden can and can't get from an evenly divided Senate

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence convene a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS
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10 US House Republicans voted to impeach Trump

File Photo: US President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving speech at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
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Biden urges Senate to pursue 'other urgent business' along with impeachment

A general view of the US Capitol in Washington, US November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
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Can lawmakers use impeachment to bar Trump from holding office again?

US President Donald Trump participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley October 4, 2020, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Not shown in the photo also in the room on the call is Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Photo: Reuters
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Could Trump be prosecuted for inciting the attack on Capitol Hill?

A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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More Republicans join impeachment push as Pence refuses to remove Trump

His style, however, is much different from that of his boss. He is calm rather than volcanic, and deeply religious Photo: Reuters
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US Vice President Pence rejects invoking 25th Amendment to oust Trump