Mr. Richmond votes no. Mr. Jeffries votes no. Mr. Cicilliny votes no. Thank you for joining us tonight. This is Roll Call Vote under way right now. Were watching this historic impeachment proceeding under way in congress. If youve been watching today and into tonight you know that in technical terms this is what tay call a markup which means the Judiciary Committee is there to change or fine tune the articles of impeachment against President Trump before a final vote. In reality what todays proceedings have been is an opportunity for democrats to make the case for impeaching President Trump, and its been an opportunity for republicans to criticize democrats for that and to try to derail the proceedings however they can. This committee started work at 9 00 this morning. We expect that a final vote on the Impeachment Articles could come as soon as this hour, but we really dont know just when itll happen. Tonight republicans are
continuing to offer up what are basically sort of stunt amen
Says, you can go to work. Its important to remember that the facts are clear. No president has ever, ever obstruct the congress in the manner that we have seen from President Trump. Will the Gentleman Yield . In a moment. Its always important to make sure that the facts are clear and that we dont muddy the waters by suggesting something that is so unprecedented that we have never before in the history of our country, just somehow part and parcel of the way things work around here. They dont. We know it and our Friends On The Other Side of the aisle know it. The American People know it, but mr. Johnson is right, sometimes its important to remind them of that. Will the Gentleman Yield for questions . I just wanted a postscript to underscore the very important
point that mr. Deutsch is making here. Article one of the constitution, that gives representatives the sole power of impeachment. That gives the senate the sole power of trial. United states versus nixon, the Supreme Court emphasize
powers. clerk will-call the roll. clerical report. mr. chairman there s 23 ayes and 17 notes. article 2 impeaching donald j. trump for obstructing congress. clerical report. mr. chairman, there are 23 ayes and 17 nos. the article is agreed to. the resolution is ord as amended reportedly favorably to the house. and there you have it. president trump in the company of only presidents johnson, nixon and clinton. as you heard the chairman say there the vote 23-17 party line. all republicans voting against, all democrats voting for. shortly after the vote house judiciary chairman jerry nadler made a brief and pretty much somber statement. today is a solemn and sad
has every member voted who wishes to vote? clerical report. mr. chairman there are 17 ayes and 13 s nos. it is not agreed in the nature of the substitute. i have an amendment at the desk. the young lady reserves the point of order. we will appoint the amendment. amendment to the amendment in the nature of the substitute, each at 755, offered by mr. jordan of ohio, page 4, striking line 23 and all that follows through line five, striking 10-17. the gentleman is recognized for the purpose of explaining the amendment. i withdraw my point of order. withdraw is with withdrawn. strike in the last eight lines in article 1 and to the last eight lines in article 2. you have a rush process when you don t know the facts on your
continuing to offer up what are basically sort of stunt amendments, which everybody knows will be voted down party lines, which is exactly what s happening right now. they have reached the second article of impeachment, the article that says the president committed obstruction. they are now voting on republican amendment number five. republican amendment number five will fail just like all the others have but that s the process we re going through right now. we re hearing they may be about to take a vote on the actual articles of impeachment some time soon, in which case we will jump right back in. but this is history right now in the making. let s get right back in now. let s watch. are there any members of the committee who wish to vote who haven t voted? clerical report. mr. chairman there are 17 ayes and 23 nos.