Transcripts For CSPAN2 Washington Journal Steven Dennis 20240711

To equate and eventually end this apartment peach met process. This is dead on arrival in the senate. So they look dead on arrival but the vote was not technically at iran pauls motion but it was to table it for their few senators like rob portman who said click declared unconstitutional. Its on both sides is it possible five or more vote to convict. Its possible. Itssa almost certain to end in another acquittal. Never trust on february 9 presold whole lot about what it is going to look like. Republicans certainly do not want to have a lot of time spent will see what happens in the next few weeks how many senators are needed to convict . You need 67ou senators of everybody shows up, two thirds of the people who show up and vote. Those have to devote to convict. But it is never happened before with the president or expresident. Ed sue needs 17 Senate Republicans to vote to convict. We had five who sort of crossed party lines yesterday to get rid of iran pauls motion. Thats a dozen short think one of the more interesting votes was mitch mcconnell, the reason why this vote was being held now, and why it was evening issue is because mcconnell generate 13th when the house voted to impeach put out a statement saying he is not going to bring the senate back for trial will trump a still present but then of course yesterday he voted against tablingin iran pauls resolution, was still not have a full explanation from him on how he views the trial. Sort of weather that was a procedural vote areas now come to the opinion that is nonconstitutionalni. He of course was very strenuously opposed to Donald Trumps effort on january 6 to overturn the election. It was very unhappy with the mob. Well obviously. And then on generate 19, the day before trump left office, mcconnell blamed trump and said he had provoked the mob and that moppet and fed lies. Clearly mcconnell not happy with trump. On but does that mean is going to vote to convict . Certain theres an indication yesterday that it might not want to do that. Does it matter that the house impeach the former president when he was still a president . I think theres a lot of debate among constitutional scholars, the Congressional Research service has that report not too long ago saying the most scholars believe congress doesnt have the ability to impeach for in thena abilityoes have the to try an ex officio, this happened in the 1800s with the secretary of war, most of the majority of the senate but not two thirds but they did have this authority. This is unprecedented. Theree is a question at the senate or ultimately to convict trump, theoretically he could go to the Supreme Court or even frankly during the trial could appeal to the courts and say this is an unconstitutional act, unlikely the courts will really get involved. The last sunday Supreme Court had a case about impeachment powers was a couple decades ago. Ou they said the senate has the sole authority. This is a politicalea question. Its a different Supreme Court now so we will see price effect that brings up who was presiding february 8, why is it chief Justice John Roberts doing it . Who is doing it instead andnd why . If the president s being tried in the senate, the chief justice must preside. Now trump is no longer the president. He is the former president. And so the explanation has been all while, if not the president , typically they have to preside. It could also become a heresy Vice President so be politicallyit advantageous to her to be sitting there day after day hearing arguments about donald d trump. s going to be Patrick Leahy see how strong relationships had them both sides of the aisle part he was sworn in by the previous publican pro tem yesterday. Korth had a health scare he went to to the hospital after he did not feel well his release a few hours later a lot of people si Pay Attention to any 5050 senate with the help of every single senator really does matter. Democrats are trying to do a budget resolution as soon as next week. They cant do it if they have 49 votes show up in the other team has 50. Because they would lose that last vote. Spiritless talk but the 5050 sharing, powersharing agreement. What is the status of it . They have basically a deal inav principle with i think one of these organizing resolutions Little Details to work out. They gavel and chairmanships to the democrats. Theres some unusual use but Chuck Schumer will continue to basically set the agenda democrats hold thes chairmanships this is the same agreement that in 2001 the last time we had a 5050 senate when tom and the two leaders who had a pretty Good Relationship set down a few months into george bushs finally lets talk about senator rob portman his decision not to run and 2022. What was the reaction from his colleagues . And he would run to replace him . I think everyone and ohio politics is looking at this. This is a bit of a shock. I think rob portman is pretty popular. When he ran into thousand 16, he easily outperformed President Trump in a blowout win. Even though he said he was not voting for trump. He is one of these republicans who managed to do this or state popular among republicans while criticizing trump. Hes looking at this 2022 race and looking at the senate, decided he had other things to do with the rest of his life. Its not an encouraging sign for the senate for the more Establishment Republicans who want to cut bipartisan deals and work on the intricacies of legislation, which rob portman has often wanted to do. It is much more of a senate where you get attention if you decide i did think jim jordan the congressman was very close to theto former president , ben talked about is somebody who could run. If you are a politician in ohio, these senate seats dont come along all that often. I could see a potentially very large field. And potentially on how it shakes out, you could come out of a real fight for the republican party. When it be more of a trump or more of a rob portman chamber of commerce style republican party. Were going to see that play out on the republican side. And then for the democrats they have a real challenge here. Theyve been losing ground in ohio. Trump one easily again. They can figure out to share the magic elixir that would be enormous for the democrats. To follow the senate proceedings, the impeachment trial, and all things legislative agenda in the senate, false even dennis bloomberg. Com. You can find is reporting their or on twitter at steven t dennis. Thank you. Thank you. Bexley spans washington journal every day we are taking your calls live on the air, on the news of the day and we will discuss policy issues that impact you. 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Governor person also did discussed telehealth, pay increases for state employees, expanding medicaid in making infrastructure investments. First of all it is always good to be back in the senate but its been a long time