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Chief Justice Roberts arrives with his briefcase, and the Senate is now in session for the President's impeachment trial
This means there will be no tie vote on whether to call witnesses. The Senate is now starting 4 hours of arguments on whether to subpoena witnesses and documents.
Schiff starts by quoting from today's latest NY Times story about Bolton / Trump / Ukraine. Schiff specifically name checks Cipollone. "There's a new fact which indicates that Mr. Cipollone was among those who was in the loop."
Sen Rob Portman R-OH like Sen Lamar Alexander R-TN. "No" on witnesses, but believes President Trump was wrong to delay aid and ask Ukraine to help investigate Joe Biden
Schiff argues to have no witnesses for the President's impeachment trial makes the system different for him.

House managers reserve about 25 minutes. White House up next. Senate currently on a 15 minute break.
Polling continues to be strongly in favor of witnesses
Schumer at the stakeout doesn't take questions. Tells reporters there is no deal between him and McConnell on timing for a final impeachment vote.
Lawyer for Lev Parnas sends 3 page letter to McConnell laying out what Parnas would testify to on Ukraine
More from letter to McConnell
The 15 minute break went for 51 minutes. The White House legal team now has up to 2 hours of arguments. Patrick Philbin starts the arguments on witnesses / documents. House still has about 25 minutes left.
The White House yields back its time. The House has 30 minutes left. WH highlights: House led a 'half baked' 'slap dash' process. Senate should reject the articles. No new witnesses needed.
While Sekulow was wrapping up, the President chimed in from the White House.
A notable absence from the final White House summary arguments - nothing from White House Counsel Pat Cipollone.
The arguments on witnesses are over. McConnell suggests the absence of a quorum.
Senate leaders and top aides discussing what's next on the Senate floor
Hope the Chief Justice is enjoying this staple of the Senate
#Isuggesttheabsenceofaquorum
Among the GOP Senators in the group with McConnell - Thune, Barrasso, Cornyn, Alexander, Cruz, Young
Meanwhile the Chief Justice has been talking with several Senators including Bennet & Blumenthal.
Chief Justice upper left speaking with the Senate Parliamentarian. GOP Senators still talking lower right. Not clear what's next tonight.
Here's the parliamentary situation. The first issue is the vote on whether to subpoena witnesses and documents.

Then, "other motions" would be in order. Each of those could be debated for 2 hours.
Senate now voting on whether to allow subpoenas for witnesses and documents in the President's impeachment trial.
Senate votes 51-49 against subpoenas for witnesses and documents in President Trump's impeachment trial
McConnell statement indicates an effort to end the President's trial 'in the coming days'
Senate votes 51-49 against adding witnesses in the President's impeachment trial, but final votes on acquittal remain TBD daytondailynews.com/blog/jamie-dup…
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Brandi Buchman
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Good morning from D.C.
The impeachment trial reconvenes at 1PM ET.
Here are the broadstrokes of what we can expect:
When trial resumes, WH defense and impchmt mgrs get 2 hours each to make presentations Then, a vote on witnesses expected in early evening, 5-6PM ET.
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There's a couple ways this could shake out.
If GOP manages to block new witnesses, McConnell could push forward to vote on the articles of impeachment.
If that happens, that opens the floor to amendments.
As it was when the resolution was adopted, expect a lot of them.
Another possible scenario is a deadlock 50-50 tie.
Chief Justice Roberts, as the presiding officer, has the authority to break the tie, but doing so would put him in a politically charged situation.
What will he do? We'll see.
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Manu Raju
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Senate Majority Whip John Thune laid out potential procedure for Friday night -- assuming the witness vote goes down. This is still fluid, subject to change and there is still a fair amount of uncertainty, according to Thune.

But process he laid out potentially looks like this:
He said that after four hours of debate, then there will be a vote on whether to call witnesses and seek documents.

Assuming that key vote fails, then he thinks that each side may want to huddle and discuss their next steps.
Then, he thinks that McConnell will make a motion to go to final arguments, where both the House managers and defense team will make their final cases.

But that motion to go to final arguments is amendable, he said. That means Dems can offer any number of amendments
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Evan Donovan
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The NY Times had 93 questions on Day 1, so we'll start with #94 today, as I may have missed some while doing TV.

94th question, from Sen. @PattyMurray (D-WA):
Can you further clarify the WH counsel's arguments that the subpoenas issued before the impeachment vote were invalid?
@PattyMurray Rep. Lofgren:
House issued rules on January 9, 2019, and the House's standing rules give each committee subpoena power to conduct their business. We have more power after an impeachment has been authorized.
@PattyMurray SOME DRAMA on the Senate floor -- 95th question is from Sen. @RandPaul -- and Chief Justice John Roberts declines to read it.

Question presumably includes outing Whistleblower, as multiple outlets report he tried to do yesterday.

cnn.com/2020/01/29/pol…

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Heidi Przybyla
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NEW: Sen. Portman, involved in disputed Ukraine narrative, unlike any juror in Trump impeachment trial

1. rejected “corruption” as legit reason to withhold aid
2. voted against admitting documents likely to dispute (Europe burden sharing) narrative

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3. credited by POTUS with convincing him to release Ukraine aid on Sept. 11

4. chair of Senate Ukraine Caucus, former WH budget chief

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5. Among last known to speak w Trump the night the aid was unfrozen.

Referring to that night: “The president was very clear with me. He only raised one issue and that issue only and that was about Europeans not doing enough. I don’t disagree with him on that,” Sept. 26 Fox News.
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This week, the House formally delivered #impeachment articles to the Senate. See thread for a statement from Karen Baynes-Dunning, Interim President & CEO of the SPLC Action Fund:
"While many of us believe the evidence against President Trump is overwhelming, with new revelations emerging almost daily, the American people have a right to full, fair and transparent deliberations in the Senate. This includes testimony from key witnesses.
“SPLC Action Fund urges Americans to contact their U.S. Senators and ask that they fulfill their oath to ‘do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws.’”
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