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What to watch for as Senate organizes impeachment on day one
The Hill, Jan 21, 2020

Tensions were already starting to boil Monday in anticipation of the debate after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made public an organizing resolution that will force House impeachment managers to cram up to 24 hours of opening arguments into a two-day window.

As a result, House prosecutors might have to speak until past midnight on Wednesday and Thursday if they choose to use their full time.

Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) panned McConnell’s resolution Monday evening as “nothing short of a national disgrace.”

Democrats will make multiple attempts to split the GOP conference by offering amendments at the start of the trial to require subpoenas of new witnesses and documents.

The Senate is set to convene at 12:30 p.m. and begin working as a court of impeachment at 1 p.m., giving senators a half hour to speak about the trial.

McConnell will introduce his resolution that will give the House impeachment managers and Trump’s defense team each 24 hours to make their opening arguments and require each side to limit those presentations to two days — a requirement that was not made in Bill Clinton’s 1999 impeachment trial.

In another departure from the Clinton resolution, House managers will not be able to enter evidence compiled from the House impeachment inquiry until after the Senate votes on subpoenaing additional documents and witnesses.


More: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4789...ment-on-day-one

Senate Majority Leader McConnell Lays Out Ground Rules for Trump's Impeachment Trial
Townhall, Jan 20, 2020

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday released a resolution laying out the ground rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.

Trump's team and the House of Representatives have until 9 a.m. on Wednesday to file any motions. The exception being motions to subpoena witnesses or documents. All responses filed to any motions have to be in by 11 a.m. on Wednesday.

The trial will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The House will have two days to make their case for impeachment but their time allotment cannot exceed 24 hours. After that, Trump's legal team will be given two days to make their case and again, that cannot exceed a 24 hour time period.

Once the president's team finishes their presentation, senators can ask questions but they are limited to a 16-hour time frame. There will then be a 4-hour argument split between the House and Trump's team. Deliberation will follow. At that time the Senate will decide whether or not to subpoena witnesses or documents.

If the Senate decides to allow either side to subpoena witnesses, the witnesses will undergo a deposition and then the Senate will decide if those witnesses will testify.

Once the deliberations are concluded the Senate will vote on each individual article of impeachment.

Below is the full resolution:

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbauman...s-impe-n2559826

Dear God, watching the presser by the democommie impeachment managers. They are talking cover-up over and over. They are double and tripling down on their insanity.

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Dear God, watching the presser by the democommie impeachment managers. They are talking cover-up over and over. They are double and tripling down on their insanity.

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Is that what that was? I walked in and saw that skunk schift on the teebee and immediately turned it off....

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Do we have a drinking game for this?

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Do we have a drinking game for this?

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With the repetitive nature of their bleatings, I think everyone would be hammered very quickly....

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I won't be watching. And I so appreciate the updates you all are providing here. I can't take anymore of this crap or I will be picking up pieces of my brain off the floor.