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>> on this vote the yeas are 229. the nays are 198. present is one, article ii is adopted. >> mics have been killed once again. we're waiting to see if the speaker has anything further. she is leaving which chair. dona donald j. trump has now been impeached. >> without objection article i is laid on the table. without objection the motion to reconsider article ii is laid on the table. pursuant to section 7b of house resolution 758 the house stands

Hake. can you add any reporting to what we're seeing in this static shot of the tally from the clerk's office? >> i was in the chamber all day long and i remember the paul ryan days on kopt not that long ago when republicans used to at least to contort themselves to not accept the way that president trump talked about his political allies if not condemn it outright. on the floor of the house today you heard one republican member compare the impeachment to the trial of christ, you heard another compared to pearl harbor and another compared to mccarthyism -- >> i've got to cut you off for the sp...

The nays are 198, present is 1. article ii is adopted. >> she made it very clear, su n susan, she is the leader with the iron hand. that is the tone she has tried throughout. she was reluctant to this process, back when maxine waters was calling for impeachment, elizabeth warren, among the 2020 candidates, nancy pelosi was still saying don't use that word, not until after ukraine happened, of course. >> that's right. nancy pelosi was reluctant to impeach. she was standing against the most liberal members in her caucus after the mueller report came out, saying no, let's not impeach him on accus...

Europe for the first time since world war ii by dent of military force and ukraine fights back, it is 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 gravamen of article i. article ii -- article ii 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 a coequal branch of government. and what is the defense to this from my ...

Coverage now on msnbc of the house of representatives which is about to vote on the rules of debate on the articles of impeachment, two of them after more than an hour of back and forth on the house floor so far. and after this the house will move on to debate article ii, abuse of power and obstruction of congress before a final vote some time this evening. i should point out this procedural vote is called moving the previous question and is almost always won by the majority party because you're basically giving the majority party the right to control the debate. on very rare occasions the min...