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McConnell struggles to maintain GOP unity post-Bolton

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is struggling to maintain control of President Trump’s impeachment trial following news of former national security adviser John Bolton’s bombshell manuscript. McConnell on Monday deflected growing...
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McConnell urges GOP senators to keep powder dry on witness question

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday tried to regain control over the Senate’s impeachment debate by urging Republican senators at lunch to keep their powder dry on deciding the question of whether to subpoena additional...
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Senate Republicans face pivotal moment on impeachment witnesses

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
Republicans in the Senate are facing new pressure to subpoena key witnesses on the impeachment trial of President Trump. The Senate was headed into the second week of the trial facing a pivotal vote on the subject, and it looked like Democrats...
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Former senior Senate GOP aide says Republicans should call witnesses

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
A former senior Senate Republican aide who helped win the Supreme Court confirmations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito on Sunday urged Senate Republicans to allow witnesses at President Trump’s impeachment trial.“The...
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Meadows says Trump told him he didn't threaten senators on impeachment vote

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Saturday said President Trump strongly denied to him that threatened any Republican senator over their vote on impeachment.Meadows, one of Trump’s closest allies, said Trump has vehemently denied that any Republican...
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Democrats feel political momentum swinging to them on impeachment

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) is telling Democratic colleagues they are winning the impeachment battle after the first week of the President Trump’s trial, a reflection that the opening arguments of House managers have exceeded...
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Schiff pleads to Senate GOP: 'Right matters. And the truth matters.'

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the lead House impeachment manager, made an impassioned effort to break through to Senate Republicans on Thursday night in his closing argument by exhorting them to remove President Trump from office because “you know...
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Senate Republicans confident they'll win fight on witnesses

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
Senate Republican leaders feel confident they will have the votes to block the Democrats’ attempt to subpoena additional witnesses and documents in President Trump’s impeachment trial, which could allow the proceeding to wrap up by the end of next...
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Tensions between McConnell and Schumer run high as trial gains momentum

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
Tensions are running high between Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) after a bruising battle over the Senate impeachment trial’s rules.Schumer has turned the proceedings into a trial of McConnell and...
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No. 2 GOP leader eyes Wednesday of next week for possible votes on witnesses

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Alexander Bolton
Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects the Senate to debate and vote on whether to subpoena additional witnesses and documents on Wednesday of next week if the impeachment trial plays out as anticipated.Thune spoke to...
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