The House Judiciary Committee debated two articles of impeachment against President Trump late into Thursday night before Chairman Jerry Nadler gaveled the hearing out to take final votes Friday morning.
The committee had been expected to approve the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress against the President on two party-line votes Thursday, following a contentious, marathon debate where lawmakers clashed over the allegations against Trump and the repercussions of voting to impeach him.Instead, Republicans erupted at Nadler when he announced the vote would not take place until 10 a.m. Friday.
Republicans proposed two amendments to simply remove the first and second impeachment articles from the resolution. Both were defeated in party-line votes.Democrats responded that Republicans were ignoring the President's misconduct, continuing the partisan debate over impeachment that began on Wednesday night when every lawmaker on the 41-member committee delivered an opening statement.Republican Rep.
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