During a break Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says there is no agreement with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on how to proceed in the final votes of the impeachment trial, casting some doubt on earlier expectations the Senate could vote on the articles late Friday night or ...
A well-constituted court for the trial of impeachments is an object not more to be desired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective. The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse...
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to appoint and authorize managers for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, sending two impeachment articles to the Senate to allow the trial to get underway next week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a...
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (2nd L) and other impeachment managers arrive at the Senate Chamber before the start of the Senate impeachment trial on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, on Jan. 21, 2020. The impeachment trial against U.S. President Donald ...
“Thank you for all that you have done," Richmond told the crowd at Howard University. "Thank you for being here. Thank you for believing in the promise of America. We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We...
The votes tee up the nominations to reach the full Senate, which could vote on them by the end of this month. “I am very confident they are going to get bipartisan support and get confirmed on the floor of the Senate,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said ahead of the committee vote...
After a luncheon for Republican senators on Tuesday, McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill that the GOP conference has the votes to approve an organizing resolution that mirrors the procedures in the 1999 Clinton impeachment trial. "We have the votes, once the impeachment t...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said that if Republicans block the bill, he will hold a vote to change Senate rules to allow for a “talking filibuster” on the voting legislation and lower the threshold to break the filibuster from 60 votes to 51 votes. ...
The latest: The first day of opening arguments has concluded for the day. The impeachment trial will resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET. After that: Trump’s legal team will also have 24 hours over three days for its opening arguments (likely Saturday, Monday and Tuesday). Senators will then...