After two months of investigating Trump’s actions to pressure Ukraine into attacking his political opponent, Congress now enters its next phase of the impeachment process which adds more committees and more hearings. The House is expected to vote on whether to impeach President Trump before the Christmas break, which leaves approximately three weeks to conclude the investigation, draft the formal articles, present them to the entire House and vote. It’s a tight schedule, but given how quickly Democrats moved through taking witness testimony and conducting private and public hearings, there is little doubt that the remainder of mammoth tasks will be checked off one by one.
No, they will not convict or remove Trump in the Senate. No one ever thought they would-the point is to do the right thing and impeach him in the House regardless.
I don't disagree with a single thing that you've written, Amee, but again, I am really, really concerned that the whole impeachment trial will only result in a failure to convict in the Senate (I don't see 20 Republican Senators who will vote in favour of removal from office), it may end up guaranteeing that the Republicans retain control of the Senate after the next election, because even though the Republicans are defending far more seats than the Democrats in the next election, the most vulnerable Republican seats are in (at best) "purple states" (and one of the seats that the Democrats have to hold is Doug Jones' seat in Alabama, and that will be a very tough task, especially since Jeff Sessions is running again). Truly, that would be a complete disaster for anyone who has any hope of restoring some balance to the Federal Court system. The Orange Asscactus has already appointed more federal judges than any other President in recent memory. Giving him at least two more years to appoint even more judges would be an unmitigated disaster.
I wish there were enough Republican's in the Senate that have a pair to at least make the vote close, like as close as Clinton's trial was. Do you see this backfiring on the Dems? I'm a novice, obviously, about this stuff, curious of your thoughts on that question though.
“..forces several presidential candidates to chose(sic) between their jobs in the Senate or the campaign trail”
Choose between?! Their duly elected positions in the Senate ARE their jobs, the campaign trail is a choice that should take a back seat if necessary. It’s called priorities.
No, they will not convict or remove Trump in the Senate. No one ever thought they would-the point is to do the right thing and impeach him in the House regardless.
I don't disagree with a single thing that you've written, Amee, but again, I am really, really concerned that the whole impeachment trial will only result in a failure to convict in the Senate (I don't see 20 Republican Senators who will vote in favour of removal from office), it may end up guaranteeing that the Republicans retain control of the Senate after the next election, because even though the Republicans are defending far more seats than the Democrats in the next election, the most vulnerable Republican seats are in (at best) "purple states" (and one of the seats that the Democrats have to hold is Doug Jones' seat in Alabama, and that will be a very tough task, especially since Jeff Sessions is running again). Truly, that would be a complete disaster for anyone who has any hope of restoring some balance to the Federal Court system. The Orange Asscactus has already appointed more federal judges than any other President in recent memory. Giving him at least two more years to appoint even more judges would be an unmitigated disaster.
This morning at NATO he said, “Someone picked an orange out of the fridge and said,’Let’s impeach!’”
I wish there were enough Republican's in the Senate that have a pair to at least make the vote close, like as close as Clinton's trial was. Do you see this backfiring on the Dems? I'm a novice, obviously, about this stuff, curious of your thoughts on that question though.
“..forces several presidential candidates to chose(sic) between their jobs in the Senate or the campaign trail”
Choose between?! Their duly elected positions in the Senate ARE their jobs, the campaign trail is a choice that should take a back seat if necessary. It’s called priorities.