January 10, 2020
By Lissette Voytko
After weeks of uncertainty (click here) about next steps in Trump’s impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a letter Friday that a resolution will be brought next week for representatives to vote on transmitting articles of impeachment to the Senate—which means the Senate’s trial will begin shortly thereafter.
- Pelosi has been withholding the transmission of the articles until she was assured that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell would ensure a fair trial would be held.
- According to Pelosi’s letter, “Yesterday, [McConnell] showed his true colors and made his intentions to stonewall a fair trial even clearer by signing on to a resolution that would dismiss the charges.”
- Pelosi’s letter also says that while the House was able to obtain enough evidence that Trump exhibited impeachable conduct, four new developments have strengthened their case.
- House Judiciary Committee chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) will bring the resolution to the House floor next week, according to Pelosi’s letter, and she will consult with the Democratic caucus Tuesday on how to proceed....
Speaker Pelosi was correct in asking the US Senate to present it's rules so decisions as to who would present the articles to the US Senate could be made. Little did anyone know, Moscow Mitch isn't interested in the USA Constitution so much as politics. I think he is losing on the politics, though.
January 3, 2020
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Laura Bronner
...But in the latest installment of our survey with Ipsos, (click here) where we use Ipsos’s KnowledgePanel to poll the same group of respondents every two weeks, a majority (57 percent) of Americans said they think Trump committed an impeachable offense. Fifty-two percent said they think Trump’s actions regarding Ukraine or his refusal to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry constitute enough evidence to remove him from office....
Republicans need better leadership. There are at least two women who are worthy of Majority Leader:
January 10, 2020
By Michael Shepard
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine (click here) told reporters on Friday that she is working with a “fairly small group” of fellow Republican senators toward a goal of ensuring witnesses can be called in the chamber’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump....
I think it would be a surprise if Senator Lisa Murkowski changed her position in any way. She embraces the ethical demands of the USA Constitution in providing an open and fair US Senate hearing.
...Murkowski told NBC affiliate KTUU (click here) that she believes there should be distance between the Senate, which will serve as the jury for [President] Trump’s impeachment trial, and the White House. McConnell’s comments, she said, have “further confused the process.” "To me, it means we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense,” Murkowski said. ... Murkowski told KTUU she is committed to observing Trump’s trial objectively. It would be “wrong,” she said, “to prejudge and say there’s nothing there.” To jump to conclusions about Trump’s guilt would also be unfair, Murkowski added....
The country is watching.
