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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2019, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, not seen, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, not seen, before a memorial service for Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate has long been a place of false gentility, where “my good friend” can be a euphemism for the opposite. Now, as the Senate prepares to consider an impeachment trial, the acidic tribal politics in the era of Donald Trump is stripping away the veneer of comity from a chamber that’s endured a lengthy slide already. (Erin Schaff/Pool via AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2019, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, not seen, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, not seen, before a memorial service for Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate has long been a place of false gentility, where “my good friend” can be a euphemism for the opposite. Now, as the Senate prepares to consider an impeachment trial, the acidic tribal politics in the era of Donald Trump is stripping away the veneer of comity from a chamber that’s endured a lengthy slide already. (Erin Schaff/Pool via AP)

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