#10 | Live Hearing - Senate Trial: Friday, January 31, 2020

Starting at 1PM (Eastern) the Senate trial will continue with 4 hours of scheduled debate on the calling of additional witnesses.... to be split 2 hours each...

If at the end of this, all resolutions/motions to call additional witnesses fail, then a series of procedural votes will begin leading to formal consideration of each of the articles....

(If it somehow passes, then all bets are off as far as the schedule...)

Also note: there has been a lot of discussion around the role of CJ Roberts as a tie-breaker in any 50-50 votes... I have heard both sides... one that he will be called to break ties, the other that he won't be called to break ties.... (apparently that part of the rules in effect for this trial are not readily available...) I am not sure what is true, just reporting what I have read/heard... I guess we may all find out within hours.... unless someone has something definitive to post.... hopefully it is not an issue.... and we see votes for justice of a bi-partisan flavor....

Now, assuming that no additional witnesses are to be called, Senator Tim Scott (R, SC) has stated that he expects that today's proceedings have the potential to carry on well into the wee hours of Saturday morning... at which point he expects that Majority Leader McConnell will call a recess until later Saturday if the trial has not completed.... Scott also indicated that a lot of that duration will be dependent on the number of motions that schumer introduces.....

Hang on to your hats or bonnets..... it could be one for the ages today.....


Stream lives will be added below....

Serving up two for lunch or light snacking....

As they get this thing underway today, let's hope that watching that Senate prayer and Pledge of Allegiance in that chamber is the last time that we are compelled to see this for quite some time!!

Quote: XL wrote in post #7

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Quote: EdJames wrote in post #6

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As they get this thing underway today, let's hope that watching that Senate prayer and Pledge of Allegiance in that chamber is the last time that we are compelled to see this for quite some time!!

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The threat of the possibility that this thing will be dragged on into the night was mentioned (on Fox). The rats want as much drama for as long as possible here.

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I must be really get burnt out and desensitized to all of this.... I can just leave these monsters on lying in the background and not even hear what they are saying.....

I missed the opening..... is this going to be 2 hours straight of the HMs carrying on, then 2 hours of the President's Counsel?

Quote: EdJames wrote in post #13

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I must be really get burnt out and desensitized to all of this.... I can just leave these monsters on lying in the background and not even hear what they are saying.....

I missed the opening..... is this going to be 2 hours straight of the HMs carrying on, then 2 hours of the President's Counsel?

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