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>> if you go through the three impeachments that weve had prior to this, whatever you want to call this, everyone of them started with an actual crime. you can debate whether its a high crime or misdemeanor, but they were all the crime. no dispute about that. there was never a crime. they hoped there was a crime to the mueller investigation was a 22 month witch hunt to try to find a crime. but go look at pelosis comments just a week ago where she said theyve been doing this for two and a half ye...

On wednesday. 230 votes cast yes on article one, abuse of power. 229 votes for yes on article two b with obstructing congress, 198 no. our second question was will we see any defectors, tulsi gabbard voted present, and three democrats crossed party lines to vote against impeaching a president. jared golden, colin peterson, and jeff van drew. and yesterday van drew formally joined the republican party and pledging his "undieing support for president trump." our last question was will we learn any...

Should be kept out of politics. you should be ashamed of your angry and biased public pandering and using a child to do it. nancy pelosi maintaining control of her caucus with a glance and a gesture alone yesterday. >> on this vote, the yeas are 230, the nays are 197, present is 1. article one is adopted. >> pelosi has maintained that impeaching a president is a solemn exercise. democrats were instructed not to cheer. as she announced approval of the first article, some democrats began to clap...

And ukraine fights back, its our fight, too. and when the president sacrifices our interests, our national security for his election, he is sacrificing our country for his personal gain. that is the meaning of article one. article two charges the president of the united states with obstructing the congress, with denying the congress any witness, any document, by telling all of his administration people, you will not appear. you will ignore and co-equal branch of government. what is the defense t...

Trump. i yield back. [ applause ] >> our time for general debate has expired. pursuant to house -- pursuant to house resolution 767, the previous question is ordered on the resolution as amended. the question of adoption of the resolution is amended, shall be divided between the two articles. the question now occurs on the adoption of article one. all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed, no. >> no. >> the ayes have it.

That did not last long. pelosi quickly waved her hand and shot them a withering glare. >> on this vote, the yeas are 230, the nays are 197. present is one. article one is adopted. >> and there was that glare. the cheering was not repeated when she announced the president had been impeached on the second article, obstructing congress. democrats said wednesday they were sad to be impeaching the president. some wore black to demonstrate the gravity on the volt. tulsi gabbard voted present on impe...

Whether they wanted a strong executive. james madison wanted a weak executive. alexander hamilton and others convinced them to have a strong executive. they all knew they wanted george washington. they designed the position of president of the united states for one man. they also knew however that were mere mortals. not everyone would be like washington. there might be a time when you would need -- >> on this vote, the yeas are 230. the nays are 197. present is one. article one is adopted. the q...

Children know so well. >> let me skip to that. let me play that in case people havent seen it. guys, roll the tape. >> article one is adopted. the -- the question is on adoption of article two. the question -- >> so it was -- it was the look when she was chiding her own party. doan cheer, dont clap. have you seen that look before, christine? >> oh, i have seen it many times and we discussed in my book "the nancy pelosi way" we talk when the five of us were growing up in san francisco. five kids ...

>> gentleman from california is recognized. house will be in order. gentleman from california. >> madam speaker, i recognize myself for the remainder of our time. >> gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, my colleagues, after eight hours, let us return to where we began with the articles themselves. article one charges the president of the united states with abusing the power of his office by coerce an ally into cheating in a u.s. election on his behalf. it charges the president of the unite...

>> shannon: house speaker nancy pelosi not setting a time frame tonight for actually naming impeachment managers or for sending the senate the actual articles of impeachment. the house voting along party lines impeaching president trump on two articles. article one, abuse of power, passing 230-197. article two, obstruction of congress, 228-191. not a single republican crossed over to vote yes. president trump becomes the third president to be impeached adoption of the constitution in 1788. two y...