Why did Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell chose to counter his block-everything legacy and fast-track the resolution?
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images Shortly before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s quid-pro-quo in Ukraine, Chuck Schumer was able to pass a unanimous, non-binding resolution through the Senate demanding that the whistleblower complaint be turned over to Congressional intelligence committees immediately.
Though the motion is non-binding, it does isolate Trump from the GOP-controlled senate. Trump said on Tuesday that he would release the transcript of his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Following Schumer’s resolution, that is no longer the party line for senate Republicans. One of the most pressing questions of the hectic Tuesday involved why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell chose to counter his block-everything legacy and fast-track the resolution.
Whatever McConnell’s intentions are, the whistleblower situation will continue to develop this week parallel to the impeachment inquiry: On Wednesday, the House will vote on a similar non-binding resolution demanding that the Trump administration release the report to Congress and that they “cease their public efforts to discredit the whistleblower.” The whistleblower him-or-herself is on board, requesting on Tuesday to speak with the House and Senate Intelligence committees.
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