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Read @FoxReports for a great breakdown of Schumer’s opening offer on Senate impeachment trial structure/process
can't say i ever imagined this would be the case months ago, but here we are. would note Lighthizer spent a significant amount of time keeping them in the loop on things throughout and Wyden heaped praise on him when I asked him about the trade rep this week
finding my way into a @RabalaisAdv column may be one of my greater life achievements cc: @jmartNYT
New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a freshman Democrat who strongly opposes impeachment, is expected to switch to the Republican Party
Damn good speech, @Joe_Burrow10 . Damn good speech.
Structurally, this is a v. important sentence - ‘99 trial didn’t deal w witnesses til later. That’s what McConnell prefers: “The issue of witnesses and documents, which are the most important issues facing us, should be decided before we move forward with any part of the trial.”
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. announces on the floor he has informed McConnell he will not for any judicial nominees on the floor or in the Judiciary Committee until the Mueller protection bill gets a floor vote
The U.S. House, 245-182, voted to pass the resolution to terminate Pres. Trump's National Emergency Declaration. 13 Republicans voted with all Democrats in favor. The resolution now moves to the Senate.
The U.S. Senate, by unanimous consent, just passed the Armenian Genocide resolution. @SenatorMenendez has come to the floor several times the last few weeks to try, only to be blocked by GOP senators at the request of the White House. Nobody objected to Menendez's effort today.
Speaker Ryan last wk: "I think that was some kind of a misinterpretation of a private meeting." Trump: Nope. All me. Definitely said that.
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