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McConnell swipes at Dems after impeachment vote: ‘We won and they lost’

Posted on by Nick Givas
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had differing views on the impact of President Trump's impeachment acquittal on Tuesday, with each claiming victory for their own party. 

Schumer says impeachment has ‘been a positive’ for Democrats

Posted on by Brooke Singman
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday said impeachment has "been a positive” for Democrats, despite last week’s vote to acquit President Trump.

Manchin, swing-state senators swarmed with Dem hugs after voting to convict Trump

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
A trio of swing-state senators got a lot of love from their fellow Democrats after voting “guilty” on two articles of impeachment against President Trump Wednesday, as their colleagues hailed them for political courage.

Chief Justice John Roberts tells Schumer he won’t break ties in impeachment trial

Posted on by Nick Givas
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts told Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Friday that he would not act as the tie-breaking vote if the Senate becomes deadlocked with a 50-50 split during President Trump's impeachment trial. 

GOP blocks witnesses in Senate impeachment trial, as final vote could drag to next week

Posted on by Alex Pappas
Republicans in the Senate cobbled together enough votes Friday evening to reject Democratic efforts to extend the Trump impeachment trial and call new witnesses, as the final vote on whether to remove President Trump from office is now not expected until next week. 

Dems work to draw out impeachment finale, potentially pushing final vote into next week

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
The Senate impeachment trial is increasingly expected to drag out until next week -- and potentially through President Trump's planned State of the Union address -- despite the widespread expectation of acquittal in the end. 

Dem leaders signal they won’t accept Trump acquittal as legitimate

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Democrats signaled in the run-up to the looming conclusion of President Trump's impeachment proceedings that they'll simply refuse to accept his all-but-certain acquittal because his "sham" trial lacked proper witnesses and evidence. 

Lev Parnas makes a scene at impeachment trial, telling senators: ‘Call me’

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
President Trump's impeachment trial continued Wednesday with a media spectacle as Lev Parnas, an indicted Rudy Giuliani associate, showed up at the Capitol volunteering himself as a trial witness to senators.

GOP senator says Schumer using impeachment as tool to become majority leader

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso on Friday accused Sen. Chuck Schumer of using the impeachment trial of President Trump as a cudgel against swing-state Republican senators to further his aspiration to serve as Senate majority leader.

Schumer says impeachment trial starting under ‘cloud of unfairness’

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that President Trump’s impeachment trial begins under a “cloud of unfairness,” after the GOP-led Senate rejected all 11 of his amendments to allow for witnesses and documents in a marathon late-night session.