"Both in his words before the attack on the Capitol and in his actions afterward, President Trump bears some responsibility for what happened on January 6,” said the statement from the Cincinnati Republican.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives was poised to begin debating the second impeachment of Republican President Donald Trump on Wednesday, after the chamber's rules committee set the parameters for debate and subsequent vote during a hearing late on Tuesday.
Gov. Mike DeWine will activate 580 members of the Ohio National Guard to provide inauguration-related security in Columbus and Washington, D.C., he announced Tuesday afternoon.
Bucks County Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick voted against impeachment Wednesday, instead introducing a bill Tuesday night seeking to censure the outgoing Republican president for his role in instigating last week’s riot in the U.S. Capitol.
The three-page concurrent resolution was introduced in the House, the same day that chamber introduced articles of impeachment for a second time against the president.
Late Wednesday, the House voted to impeach. Only 10 GOP House members broke ranks with their party and president and voted in favor. Fitzpatrick did not.
Republican Reps. Tom Reed of New York, Young Kim of California, Fred Upton of Michigan, Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, John Curtis of Utah, and Peter Meijer of Michigan joined Fitzpatrick in introducing the censure resolution.
Asian stocks opened mostly higher on Wednesday, tracking modest Wall Street gains as prospects of an eventual victory against coronavirus shored up recovery hopes, while tight supply expectations pushed oil prices to their highest in a year.