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Important point, mr. chairman, which links article i and article ii, the impeachment articles. do we want to set a precedent that u.s. citizens can become president of the united states by inviting foreign powers to get involved in our election, then once they're in, if congress decides that their conduct is impeachable and involves high crimes and merchandise, they can then pull a curtain down over the executive branch and not allow any investigation, not allow subpoenas to be honored and so on. that is a very dangerous prospect that would have terrified and horrified and shocked the framers ...

It comes after a marathon debate marked by angry exchanges and personal attacks, and in the end, the final tally broke along straight party lines. nancy cordes leads off our coverage tonight from capitol hill. >> the clerk will call the roll. >> reporter: the mood in the hearing room was somber as 40 lawmakers cast their votes. >> aye. >> aye. >> my vote is no. >> reporter: first, on article i, abuse of power. >> mr. chairman, there are 23 ayes and 17 no's. >> reporter: the outcome was identical for article ii... >> no. >> aye. >> reporter: ...obstruction of congress. >> the article is agreed ...

See that it started in 9:00 in the morning and went until almost midnight and republicans clearly wanted to push it into the dead of night so they could say democrats voted in the dead of night, and jerry nadler like adjourned them and they were mad about it. which is weird because he was like let's go get some sleep and they were like how dare you, sir. i don't know. and today the 40 members of committee they got some leap and came back and reconvened and took the vote in just ten minutes. they approved two articles of m impeachment. abuse of power article 1. article ii, obstruction of congre...

And representative collins firmly believe it is so he could be on tv today. >> bill: pam bondi from washington the text of article i, article ii says he acted with unprecedented, categorical and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas from the house of representatives. nadler at the table. we have ed henry and charlie hurd and juan williams. we'll bring you in throughout the morning. here is the gavel. after they concluded at midnight east coast time last night. 10 hours and 3 minutes later back inside the hearing room on this friday. >> president donald j. trump. pending business is reporting th...

>> has every member of the committee who wishes to vote voted? clerk will report. >> mr. chairman there are 23 ayes and 17 nos. >> the article is agreed to. it is reported favorably to the house. members have two days to submit views. the resolution will be reported as a a single amendment with a nature as a substitute. staff can make conforming changes. without objection -- >> mr. chairman. >> what purpose does the person seek -- >> i give notice of intent to file dissenting views. >> with that the committee is adjourned. >> julie: what just happened? >> bill: day of history. first time in 21...