January 7, 2020 McConnell says he has votes to start impeachment trial without accord on witnesses Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday he has the votes to start an impeachment trial even without an agreement on potential witnesses – once the chamber receives the articles from the House.
January 6, 2020 Reporter's Notebook: Where Pelosi, Senate may stand with Trump impeachment trial in limbo Here’s where Congress stands on a potential Senate impeachment trial and if – or when – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., may send over the articles of impeachment against President Trump.
January 6, 2020 McConnell takes shot at Warren's 'rush to judgment' over Soleimani killing Speaking on the Senate floor Monday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a thinly-veiled shot at Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has questioned in recent days whether President Trump ordered last week's drone strike on Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani to distract from his pending impeachment trial.
January 6, 2020 Trump tells Rush Limbaugh that Pelosi is trying to 'affect the election illegally' with impeachment delay President Trump argued Monday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to influence the 2020 presidential election “illegally” by not sending the articles of impeachment against him to the Senate, where the GOP-led body is likely to acquit him.
January 5, 2020 Doug Collins reacts to Pelosi withholding impeachment articles: 'She had a ghost of Christmas past' House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins weighed in Sunday on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continuing to withhold articles of impeachment against President Trump from the Senate, saying he thinks “she had a bad Christmas carol, if you want to use the analogy of the last couple weeks.”
January 3, 2020 House, Senate stuck in impeachment limbo as Pelosi keeps hold of articles The House voted to impeach President Trump just before Christmas. Now it’s the new year and the disposition of a Senate trial is as unclear now as it was then.
January 2, 2020 Reporter's Notebook: What to expect from Congress in 2020 What does Congress have on its docket this year once the impeachment trial wraps up?
January 2, 2020 Trump impeachment saga sees Dems repeatedly haunted by Clinton-era comments The proceedings of the last impeachment have proved a recurring headache for some Democrats, whose past comments on then-President Bill Clinton's trial have come back to haunt them.
January 1, 2020 Toxic impeachment fight leaves unfinished business for Congress in 2020 Congress faces a lengthy to-do list in the new year, as an already divided Washington heats up amid a potential Senate impeachment trial and the upcoming presidential primary races.
December 31, 2019 Justin Haskins: Bipartisan deficit disaster — Trump, GOP share blame with Democrats for fiscal mess A growing national debt means that for an ever-greater proportion of the budget will need to be spent making debt interest payments instead of paying for essential services.