December 20, 2019 Chris Wallace: What may be driving Nancy Pelosi's impeachment delay "Fox New Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace believes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may believe that she'll be able to frustrate President Trump by withholding the articles of impeachment from the Senate, as the two chambers have reached an impasse on how to proceed.
December 20, 2019 Newt Gingrich: Nancy Pelosi looks 'foolish' holding up impeachment process Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's temporary hold on two articles of impeachment is "absurd" and that she looks "foolish."
December 20, 2019 Trump is not actually impeached yet, lawyer who testified for Democrats says One of the Democrats' witnesses who testified in favor of President Trump's impeachment cautioned Thursday that in order to officially impeach the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi must send the articles of impeachment to the Republican-led Senate.
December 20, 2019 Al Franken compares Mitch McConnell to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in post-impeachment tweet Nearly two years removed from the U.S. Senate, it appears Al Franken may be trying to revive his comedy career.
December 20, 2019 McConnell: 'Impasse' over Trump impeachment trial, as Dems depart from precedent Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., incredulously declared on the Senate floor late Thursday that the Senate and House Democrats were at an "impasse" over whether the House would transmit its articles of impeachment against President Trump to the GOP-controlled Senate for a constitutionally mandated trial.
December 19, 2019 Impeachment stalls until 2020: Hoyer announces no more House votes this year, as Pelosi quotes Shakespeare House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, announced Thursday afternoon that there will be no further House votes until Jan. 7, 2020, prompting cheers from his Democratic colleagues in the chamber.
December 19, 2019 Senate OKs spending bills to avoid government shutdown, sending them to Trump's desk The Senate on Thursday passed a $1.4 trillion spending package, avoiding a shutdown and funding the government through the rest of the fiscal year.
December 19, 2019 Harvard Law professor backs Pelosi move to keep articles of impeachment from Senate Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe, a frequent critic of President Trump, argued Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., should not send the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate and claimed that it was unconstitutional for the Senate to demand the articles "immediately."
December 19, 2019 Republican and ex-Dem senator agree impeachment partisanship hurting the country: 'We can't go on like this Republican Ed Rollins and former Democratic New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli agreed Thursday that the partisanship seen during the impeachment process can no longer stand.
December 19, 2019 Republican Sen. Cramer: 'Pathetic' impeachment case not worth wasting America's time Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., reacted to Wednesday’s House vote to impeach President Trump for "abuse of power" and "obstruction of Congress" related to his dealings with Ukraine saying, “at this point the Democrats have presented such a pathetic case I don’t think we should waste a lot of America’s time on it.”