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Rep. Al Green first introduced an impeachment resolution in Jan. 2017, before Trump even assumed office. His resolution today received 95 votes, 40% of the Dem caucus (including, significantly, Nadler) despite the procedural stupidity of introducing it before Mueller testifies
A slew of new House Dems and presidential candidates backed impeachment proceedings after Mueller delivered a 9 minute statement in May. Next week he's testifying for 5 hours. You only need another 25 or so Dems for a majority in the caucus
The past few weeks have been a "down time" for impeachment-related activity but support has still been slowly growing. An essentially pointless resolution just got 95 votes. Mueller next week is the grand salami. Saddle up!
Nadler is known to privately support impeachment proceedings and signaled that publicly for the first time today by voting for this symbolic resolution. On the question of "Will they initiate the proceedings," today increased the odds of YES
Engel is one of the most powerful House Dems and if he's voting in favor of this throwaway resolution, that's also significant
