New: GOP senators leave meeting and say there’s a deal for acquittal vote Wednesday
From Senators Barrasso and Blunt
4 or 5 Democratic amendment votes voted on tonight.
No weekend session.
Monday closing arguments on both sides
Senator floor speeches: Monday-Wednesday.
Acquittal vote: Wednesday afternoon.
McConnell and Schumer have a deal on this, per senators
4 or 5 Democratic amendment votes voted on tonight.
No weekend session.
Monday closing arguments on both sides
Senator floor speeches: Monday-Wednesday.
Acquittal vote: Wednesday afternoon.
McConnell and Schumer have a deal on this, per senators
Blunt told me final Wednesday vote is at 4p
Here’s the language of McConnell resolution to end the trial 
Republican senators said tonight that McConnell had no choice but to cut the deal for the Wednesday acquittal vote.
That's because, the senators said, Democrats could have used their power under the rules to drag it out past the State of the Union.
That's because, the senators said, Democrats could have used their power under the rules to drag it out past the State of the Union.
And Democrats had no desire to let Trump be cleared by the time of the Tuesday SOTU as the White House wanted, according to senators from both parties.
So they decided to cut the deal, spare themselves late nights and a weekend session, and agree to have the vote on Wednesday.
So they decided to cut the deal, spare themselves late nights and a weekend session, and agree to have the vote on Wednesday.
“Democrats were willing to use any number of dilatory tactics, many of which would probably carry us into next week," Sen. John Thune told me, adding that it could delay the vote until "potentially" beyond the State of the Union if Democrats used their "full arsenal of tools."
“Leader McConnell called President Trump before he introduced the resolution. They discussed the details and the president signed off,” source familiar says
