.MaddowBlog: House Judiciary Cmte. votes to impeach Pres. Trump, setting up historic floor vote.
It took a little longer than expected, but the House Judiciary Committee convened this morning and voted along party lines to approve two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, formally accusing him of both abusing his power and obstructing Congress.
The votes follow 14 hours on Thursday debating the articles and amendments offered by Republicans that sought to gut resolutions. There was no further discussion of the impeachment articles on Friday morning before the two quick historic roll call votes lasting only a few minutes.These were the first Judiciary Committee votes on presidential impeachment since 1998, when the GOP-led panel voted nearly along party lines on four articles targeting Bill Clinton.
Before moving on, it’s also worth pausing to note why the Judiciary Committee’s vote was this morning, instead of last night. Republicans, to put it mildly, were furious and there are different schools of thought as to why. The official GOP line was that they weren’t consulted in an advance about the delay.
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