NEW: We've entered the impeachment abyss.
There are no rules or guardrails for this part of the process.
Instead, the nation is watching the raw exercise of power by Pelosi and McConnell, waiting for a victor or a compromise to emerge.
politico.com/news/2019/12/2…
There are no rules or guardrails for this part of the process.
Instead, the nation is watching the raw exercise of power by Pelosi and McConnell, waiting for a victor or a compromise to emerge.
politico.com/news/2019/12/2…
It’s what Rep. Raskin calls the true meaning of “checks and balances” — the purposeful tension between House and Senate, guided by little more than a presumption of good faith. But like everything in the Trump era this presumption is being stress-tested.
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Lawmakers confess there's nothing to stop Pelosi from delaying articles from reaching the Senate. There's nothing to stop McConnell from coordinating with the WH.
Without rule or precedent to guide them, the leaders are now making it up as they go along. politico.com/news/2019/12/2…
Without rule or precedent to guide them, the leaders are now making it up as they go along. politico.com/news/2019/12/2…
The whole episode has sparked an odd debate about whether Trump has truly been impeached: if he has, then the Senate has the constitutional authority to start its trial immediately.
Only a Senate rule, which can be changed, stands in the way. politico.com/news/2019/12/2…
Only a Senate rule, which can be changed, stands in the way. politico.com/news/2019/12/2…
