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 Senate Republicans backed a failed effort to stop the Trump impeachment trial.  Will voters remember that in 2022, or will it be one more action in Congress they forget?  Much of politics has the mantra, "What have you done for me lately?"  Voters care less about political maneuvers and more about their pocketbooks.  Barring Trump from ever again holding office is an issue that can recede from awareness quickly -- or so Republicans hope.  The vote did reveal an answer to a potential conviction.  It won't happen.  Too many Republican Senators aren't willing to cross the aisle and vote against the ex-President.  They are worried about their constituencies rebelling against them.  Their votes, in other words, are pragmatic and not ethical.  Power trumps morals any day. (Pun intended.)