The House today formally delivered articles of impeachment against President Trump, ending a month-long stalemate and triggering a Senate trial to start Thursday. “Today we will make history,” Nancy Pelosi said
The House on Wednesday formally delivered articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, ending a monthlong stalemate and triggering a Senate trial to start Thursday.a resolution, mostly along party lines, to send the articles to the other side of the Capitol and appoint the Democrats’ handpicked team of impeachment managers."Today we will make history,” Pelosi said. “As we make that history, we are making progress for the American people.
In her floor speech, the speaker noted how she resisted for months moving forward with impeachment despite building pressure within her caucus, declaring Trump "wasn't worth it." After that the Senate will likely head home for the weekend and "the trial will commence in earnest on Tuesday," McConnell said.
The impeachment debate in the House and Senate has been marked by sharp partisanship, even more so than the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. "What is at stake here is the Constitution of the United States. This is what an impeachment is about,” Pelosi said, flanked by her new managers, whose names had remained strictly secret even to other members of Democratic leadership until less than an hourUnder the rules of the Senate, Trump is summoned and given a time to respond.
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