Pressure on Pelosi to send Trump impeachment to Senate as Schumer, McConnell, trade barbs over next steps

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Tyler Olson

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hasn't indicated when she will send the latest article of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate even as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, her chief deputy, publicly advocates that the article be sent "as soon as possible."

McConnell says he has ‘not made a final decision’ on how he will vote on Trump impeachment

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Brooke Singman

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republican colleagues Wednesday that he has “not made a final decision” on how he will vote on impeachment, despite signaling that he supported House Democrats’ move to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

Senate won’t reconvene early to start impeachment trial before Trump leaves office: McConnell spokesman

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Tyler Olson

With President Trump likely set on Wednesday to become the only president ever impeached twice, Democrats were pressuring Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to invoke a 2004 resolution that could bring the Senate back quickly for what would essentially be an emergency session to begin the impeachment trial for Trump as soon as possible.

Cheney, Katko first House Republicans to back Trump impeachment

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Sam Dorman

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Rep. John Katko of New York are planning to support Democrats' effort to impeach President Trump after last week's riots at the U.S. Capitol, Fox News has confirmed.

Mitch McConnell sends letter to GOP senators on impeachment procedure summary

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Audrey Conklin

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday sent a letter to GOP senators sharing a summary of how the upper chamber could legally prevent President Trump's impeachment before Jan. 20.

McConnell in new ad hits opponent Amy McGrath for supporting Trump impeachment, calls her ‘extreme’

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Andrew O'Reilly

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reelection team launched an advertising campaign on Monday slamming his Democratic challenger Amy McGrath as an “extreme liberal politician.”

Lawmakers clash over whether Trump impeachment trial distracted government’s coronavirus response

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Andrew O'Reilly

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hit back at Senate Major Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., over his claims that the Democrat-led impeachment of President Trump distracted the federal government from handling the coronavirus outbreak during the nascent days of the pandemic.

McConnell says Trump impeachment trial ‘diverted the attention’ of the government as coronavirus entered US

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Ronn Blitzer

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., argued Tuesday the federal government was distracted by the Democratic-led impeachment trial of President Trump when the coronavirus outbreak began.

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

Posted on February 11, 2020 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.

After impeachment acquittal, Senate advances another Trump court pick over Dem objections

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Tyler Olson

Minutes after Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled out President Trump's impeachment trial, which had consumed the Senate for almost three weeks, Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., got right back to what he's said is his top priority -- confirming judges.