It impeaches Comey's fitness to have ever held high, nonpartisan office.
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The House impeaches; the Senate holds a trial to decide whether to convict.
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But even if the House impeaches, there is no chance the Senate will convict.
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That will come later, if the House impeaches and the Senate holds a trial.
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If the House impeaches Trump, his Senate trial will likely begin early next year.
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Even if the House impeaches Trump, the Senate remains highly unlikely to remove him.
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So if the House impeaches the president but delays sending the articles to the Senate?
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Once the House of Representatives impeaches the president, two things are supposed to happen next.
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Whether the House of Representatives, under Democratic control, impeaches Trump is not the big question.
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McConnell says if the House impeaches Trump, the Senate would in fact take the matter up.
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How would they feel about a Republican Party that impeaches Trump and gives them Pence instead?
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If the House impeaches Mr. Trump, he will stand trial in the Senate early next year.
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If the House impeaches Trump on those grounds, it'll set a dangerous new precedent, Turley argued.
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If the Senate impeaches her, Mr Temer would probably govern until the after next election in 5943.
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If the president were to order Rod Rosenstein to comply and Rosenstein doesn&apost, then who impeaches Rosenstein?
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Senate rules, last updated in 1986, require the body to summon the president after the House impeaches him.
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What's next: If the House impeaches Mr. Trump, he would stand trial in the Senate early next year.
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"What distinguishes [Tillmans] is the way he impeaches installing," Emma Lewis, an assistant curator at Tate Modern tells Creators.
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It impeaches her core argument that she possesses the judgment and experience to handle the presidency from Day One.
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Cornyn also said it would be better to have a trial in the Senate if the House impeaches Trump.
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He only needs 34 to save him from being convicted and removed from office if the House impeaches him.
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It's a little hard to say because the Senate trial wouldn't happen until the House officially impeaches president Trump.
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The Democratic-held House is set to sign off on the deal only a day after it impeaches Trump.
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Even if the Democratic-led House impeaches Trump, he will not be removed until 67 senators vote to convict him.
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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans say they have no choice but to hold a trial if the House impeaches President Donald Trump.
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As soon as the House impeaches President Donald Trump, the Senate is, in theory, required to immediately begin a trial.
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Amy Klobuchar wouldn't commit to voting to remove Trump is the House impeaches and there's a trial in the Senate.
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Other than that, we know the Senate, according to the Constitution, must hold a trial after the House impeaches Trump.
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Congress impeaches presidents like white parents discipline their kids: 'Young man, if you don't listen, I'm going to tell you again.
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His wife, who a day earlier delivered a can of "impeaches" peaches to a lawmaker, looked up with a quizzical expression.
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Just watch his efforts to discredit Garrett Walker while Tom Hammerschmidt gloats about the very really possibility of Frank Underwood getting impeaches.
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If the House impeaches the president, the Senate would have to hold a trial to decide whether to remove him from office.
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The House impeaches, or brings formal charges against an official, in what would be the first step in removing Trump from office.
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"The House impeaches an individual when a majority agrees to a House resolution containing explanations of the charges," according to the report.
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If the House impeaches Trump, the Senate trial will look like a normal trial in some respects, with senators as the jury.
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Most Republicans think the Senate would respond in some way if the House impeaches the president rather than try to ignore it.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell has stated that if the House impeaches Trump, he "has no choice" but to hold a trial in the Senate.
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Even if the House does succumb to the Democratic base's desire and impeaches Trump, the G.O.P.-controlled Senate would almost certainly never convict.
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All things considered, there is virtually no chance the House impeaches Trump again based on the Ukraine scandal, even if new evidence emerges.
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If the House impeaches, the Republican-held Senate would then hold a trial on whether to convict Trump and remove him from office.
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The Constitution clearly envisions that if the House impeaches a federal official, the next step is for the Senate to hold a trial.
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The only real pressure McConnell faces is the Constitutional requirement that the Senate hold a trial if the House impeaches a federal official.
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Instead, she has made opaque and confusing public statements, claiming that Trump is "just not worth it" and that he "self-impeaches" every day.
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If the House impeaches him, the Republican-controlled Senate would hold a trial to determine whether he should be convicted and removed from office.
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But now I realize that if the House impeaches him, the Senate must still conduct a trial, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. presiding.
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"But all Democrats win if the House impeaches Trump over Ukraine and forces Senate Republicans to decide whether to let a criminal remain in office."
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Of course this is all based on the assumption that the House impeaches the president, the Senate acquits him, and Congress returns to default partisan gridlock.
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If Trump is actually removed from office, it'll happen because a majority of the House impeaches him and two-thirds of senators vote to kick him out.
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The president cannot get rid of Mr Glas entirely: unless congress impeaches him by a two-thirds vote, he will take over if Mr Moreno is incapacitated.
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Conventional wisdom says that Senate Republicans are Mr Trump's bulwark—that the 20 Republicans required will never vote for removal, even if the Democrat-controlled House impeaches.
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The House impeachment proceedings are expected to continue through December, and if the House impeaches President Donald Trump, the Senate will likely take it up in January.
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This week, the Kentucky Republican went on CNBC and declared that if the House impeaches the President, the Senate will have no choice but to start a trial.
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After the House impeaches the president, the Congress will complete work on the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement and pass spending bills to keep the government open.
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who succeeded Chief Justice Rehnquist after his death in 2005, will preside over Mr. Trump's Senate trial if the House impeaches him.
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Chuck Schumer, who wants to call top White House officials for the Senate trial, which is set to start next year if the House impeaches Trump this week.
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Today, Trump seems confident he can brazen it out even if the House of Representatives impeaches him, secure in the support of Senate Republicans who have his back.
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Maybe this dynamic will change if and when the House impeaches Mr. Trump and the Senate holds a trial, forcing the six senators in the race back to Washington.
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His impeachment at the hands of a Democratic majority, he said, would turn the United States into "a third-world country," where the opposition routinely impeaches the sitting leader.
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However, the President and staff have spent more time in the past week reaching out to the senators who will likely decide his fate if the House impeaches him.
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And the very real possibility that if the Democratic-controlled House impeaches Trump, then the Republican-led Senate will hold a trial to decide whether to acquit or remove him.
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Even if the House impeaches Trump, he would face a trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, which for the moment seems unlikely to convict the president and force his ouster.
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If the House impeaches Trump, the Republican-controlled Senate will likely hold a trial, in which Trump must lose 20 of the 53 Republican senators to be removed from office.
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Republicans control the Senate, which would conduct a trial and then vote on whether to remove Trump if the House impeaches him for any "high crimes and misdemeanors," as the Constitution specifies.
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Top White House officials and Senate Republicans on Thursday agreed that a full trial should be conducted if the House impeaches President Donald Trump, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
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Simon RaskinSpring Valley, N.Y. To the Editor: Elizabeth Drew rejects the "conventional view" and posits that the Senate might muster 67 votes to convict President Trump, if a Democratic House impeaches him.
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Now, your questions Harry, Colorado: If the House impeaches the President on obstruction of justice, and the Senate acquits, can he still be charged with obstruction in criminal court after he leaves office?
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If the House impeaches Trump, the process will be kicked over to the Senate for a trial, in which Trump must lose 20 of the 53 Republican senators to be removed from office.
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Jim SensenbrennerFrank (Jim) James SensenbrennerHouse votes to impeach Trump House impeaches Trump for abuse of power Judiciary members battle over whether GOP treated fairly in impeachment hearings MORE (R-Wis.) said during the markup.
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Van Drew's plan to switch parties appears to be the solution he's found for this dilemma: By making his announcement next week, Van Drew helps Trump score a small win as the House impeaches him.
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But Tillis said he was comfortable with Kavanaugh's explanation laying out his views about the separation of powers: that the House impeaches a president, followed by the Senate convicting a president and removing him from office.
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McConnell said this week he'd have no choice but to take up an impeachment conviction trial in the Senate if Pelosi impeaches the president, but the scope and length of the trial are up for debate.
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Jim SensenbrennerFrank (Jim) James SensenbrennerHouse votes to impeach Trump House impeaches Trump for abuse of power Judiciary members battle over whether GOP treated fairly in impeachment hearings MORE (R-Wis.) yielded his time to the Texas Republican.
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Cipollone is regarded by Senate Republicans as the chief impeachment strategist at the White House and the meeting is likely to include some discussion of the forthcoming Senate trial that will occur if the House impeaches Trump.
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There is another compelling reason why Trump and his lawyers might skip the House Judiciary proceedings, and that is because if the House impeaches him, the trial will then start in the Senate -- which is friendlier territory.
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We cannot have a system where the House impeaches the president, tells the Senate how to conduct the trial, holds the articles of impeachment over the president's head at a time of their choosing to unleash them.
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Witnesses across the government If the House impeaches Trump, who would be just the third President in history to endure such a fate, then the Senate would hold a trial -- and that process could take several more weeks.
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If the House impeaches him, and the Senate holds a trial, Trump will have to make an affirmative case for acquittal to 100 senators, many of whom hold public or private concerns about his fitness to be president.
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Impeachment Here's something new: Word among some GOP senators is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may seek a vote to acquit President Trump if the House impeaches him, rather than vote to dismiss the articles of impeachment altogether.
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Y.) urged his colleagues to not act partisan amid the impeachment inquiry and pressure McConnell (R-Ky.) to commit to a fair process if the House impeaches the president, according to a Democratic aide briefed on the call.
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If the House impeaches Trump prior to the holiday recess, the Senate will likely kick off the trial in January 2020, timing that would keep several Democratic presidential contenders trapped in Washington with the Iowa caucus just weeks away.
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Why it matters: Romney, who has emerged as the party's most prominent Trump critic, is getting overtures to run against the president (he won't) or lead the charge to get senators to convict Trump if the House impeaches him.
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Jim SensenbrennerFrank (Jim) James SensenbrennerHouse votes to impeach Trump House impeaches Trump for abuse of power Judiciary members battle over whether GOP treated fairly in impeachment hearings MORE (R-Wis.), who served as a manager during the Clinton impeachment.
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But, if the House impeaches Trump, and it most likely will, we can all stand tall in the truth that the right thing was done there, that the Constitution was defended there, that justice was not completely embarrassed there.
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But if they deny Mr. Trump his say, they fear, the process could lose legitimacy in the eyes of voters and Republicans in the Senate who would ultimately decide whether to convict Mr. Trump if the House impeaches him.
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If the House of Representatives impeaches Mr. Trump and then the Senate acquits him, it's reasonable to assume that he would take that outcome as exoneration — and as carte blanche to do whatever he wants to win in 2020.
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Washington (CNN)At a meeting of White House senior staff last week, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney made a bold prediction: If the House impeaches Donald Trump, he will win 453 states in his 245 reelection race.
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Mitt Romney's reported studying-up on how a Senate trial would work -- means that Trump is in serious danger of being removed from the Senate assuming the Democratic-controlled House impeaches him sometime later this year (or early next year).
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In another important regard, Trump's situation differs decisively from these precedents: Unlike Nixon and Clinton, Trump himself will be on the ballot in 19763 if the House impeaches him and the Senate does not vote to remove him from office.
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I.) and Jim SensenbrennerFrank (Jim) James SensenbrennerBring back equitable access for the Digital Age: Congress must act House votes to impeach Trump House impeaches Trump for abuse of power MORE (R-Wis.), is undertaking an investigation of the competition in digital markets.
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Read more: Brazil impeaches president as recession deepens New President hasn't had the greatest track record... Temer, who was once Rousseff's deputy but is not from her party, was sworn in to finish out her term, through the next general election in 2018.
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Jim SensenbrennerFrank (Jim) James SensenbrennerHouse votes to impeach Trump House impeaches Trump for abuse of power Judiciary members battle over whether GOP treated fairly in impeachment hearings MORE (R-Wis.), who had served as a manager during the impeachment of former President Clinton.
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The Senate GOP leader's support for reversing Trump's Syria policy suggests the president could be overpowered by Congress or at a minimum face a devastating fight with the Republicans he is counting on to keep him in office if the House impeaches him.
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White House officials are also aware that elevating Mr. Cuccinelli could sow discord with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, who will have to manage Senate Republicans through a trial to determine the future of Mr. Trump's presidency if the House impeaches him.
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The House is set to pass one of Trump's signature proposals right around the time it impeaches him — a contradiction partly by design as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi aims to show her party can both legislate and investigate the president's alleged abuses of power.
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The Senate majority leader said the first action he will take if the House impeaches President Donald Trump is to meet with Schumer, minority leader, to see if they can replicate the success of Senate leaders 20 years ago during the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
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That's why, even if the House ultimately impeaches Mr. Trump and the Senate removes him, the result would simply be to elevate to the presidency Mr. Trump's own handpicked running mate, Vice President Mike Pence — who could then nominate his own vice president under the 25th Amendment.
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The chamber is also in no rush to get out answers, which could lead to a more thorough investigation but also raises the prospect that, if the House impeaches Trump, the question will be before the Senate as an impeachment jury before the Senate committee has released any findings.
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Opinion Columnist It is hard for me to be out in public or on social media without being peppered with questions by people with strained faces about whether there is any chance that the Senate will vote to convict Donald Trump if the House of Representatives impeaches him.
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The latest YouGov/Economist poll finds that half of all registered voters, including 11% of Republicans, believe the House should "try to impeach" Mr Trump, and 51% of voters, including 13% of Republicans, think that if the House impeaches Mr Trump, the Senate should vote to remove him from office.
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Just to be clear: everyone agrees that a president cannot be tried for a crime while in office, but a president may be removed from office if a majority of the House of Representatives impeaches him or her for "high crimes and misdemeanors" and two-thirds of the Senate concurs.
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Last week, McConnell's deputies -- including Mike Lee of Utah, John Kennedy of Louisiana, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Ted Cruz of Texas -- met with Cipollone to begin discussing the framework of the trial if the House impeaches Trump, which it is expected to do by Dec. 25.
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Roger Stone, a former Trump campaign advisor who still counsels the President says if Congress impeaches Donald Trump, there will be all-out war in the U.S. We got Stone at LAX Wednesday and he warned any politician who's thinking of voting for impeachment to think again, because their lives would be in danger.
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The Republicans have settled on a ruse, and the Democrats are making two fatal flaws that likely will doom any chance, however small, they have of getting the Senate to convict President TrumpDonald John TrumpFive takeaways from the Democratic debate As Buttigieg rises, Biden is still the target Leading Democrats largely pull punches at debate MORE if the House impeaches him, as seems likely.
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An aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGraham predicts Senate will take up impeachment trial next week Pressure building on Pelosi over articles of impeachment Brent Budowsky: Bloomberg should give billion to Democrats MORE (R-Ky.) had no comment on the lack of notification, while aides to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyGOP leaders take aim at Democrats over rhetoric on Iran Election experts urge Trump, congressional leaders to end stalemate at FEC This week: House to vote on resolution limiting Trump on Iran after strike MORE (R-Calif.), Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard BurrRichard Mauze BurrSoleimani killing deepens distrust between Trump, Democrats Election security, ransomware dominate cyber concerns for 2020 The Hill's Morning Report - In historic vote, House impeaches Trump MORE (R-N.
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