The Opening Up American Again Congressional Group includes 32 representatives and 65 senators from both sides of the aisle.
The White House on Thursday announced the bipartisan congressional members serving on the Trump administration's Opening Up American Again Congressional Group, and there was one Republican senator missing from the list: Mitt Romney.
President Donald Trump and members of his administration held phone calls today with Republican and Democrat Senators and Representatives serving on this new task force, the Trump administration said.
The list of congressional members includes 32 representatives and 65 senators from both sides of the aisle. All Republican senators are on the team, except Mitt Romey of Utah.
During the call with Trump, the group also discussed strategies to expand America's pandemic response, such as rapidly expanding access to COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody tests, ventilators, face masks and other PPE.Sen. Mitt Romney talks to reporters before heading into the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2020 in Washington, DC.Romney has been a vocal Trump critic within the Republican party since he became a senator in 2019.
Eventually, the Republican-controlled Senate voted to acquit Trump 52-48 on the abuse of power charge and 52-47 on the obstruction of Congress charge, ending Democrats' bid to remove the president from office.
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