There are CHANGES to the McConnell resolution - presentations will now take place over 3 days (still 24 total hours)
Also changes to the evidence section
Also changes to the evidence section
The new version was just read on the floor - changes happened very late in the process after some concerns were raised about those sections
On the evidence piece - evidence will now be admitted automatically unless there are objections (as opposed to not put in record unless voted into it)
Sen. Susan Collins and other GOP senators raised concerns about the two-day time limit and the evidence admission section, per her spokewsoman. Wanted the resolution closer to the '99 Clinton model.
"She thinks these changes are a significant improvement."
"She thinks these changes are a significant improvement."
Here is the new McConnell resolution, currently being argued on the floor, handwritten changes and all: 
Sen. Rob Portman also raised concerns about the initial McConnell resolution, source says.
He told @tedbarrettcnn this as he left a meeting w/ McConnell before the trial re: concerns raised about the resolution:
“I hope that can be worked out. I’m told it’s being worked on.”
He told @tedbarrettcnn this as he left a meeting w/ McConnell before the trial re: concerns raised about the resolution:
“I hope that can be worked out. I’m told it’s being worked on.”
