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and m high crimes and misdemeanors would justify the senate voting to reverse the will of the people and the voters to removehe from office the person they chose to lead the nation. so how serious does the offense have to be to warrant impeachment quickset document allows a present to remain in office unless two thirds of the body vote for impeachment. that underscores the need for a national consensus that runs across partisan lines for undoing and election. the senate has never in our history removed the president from office following an impeachment trial. and our founding fathers...

this -- presented during the trial and engaged in the questioning process. this is a process that should be about facts and fairness, and that's what the senate has done its very best to do. but the reality is that the house of representatives didn't do its job. under the constitution and by precedent, the impeachment investigation is the responsibility of the house, not the senate. hearings in the house inquiry during the nixon impeachment investigation lasted for 14 months. the clinton impeachment house inquiry relied on years of prior investigation and overwhelming amounts of test...

thought. she had sharply criticized the president in her speech calling his behavior shameful and wrong. the voters will pronounce a verdict in nine months, we must trust their judgment, she said. as we've been telling you, the senate about to gavel in, and time continues to be set aside for the senators to talk. 10 minutes each. yesterday we heard from 15, including joe manchin who floated the idea of a censure for the president. normally on tuesdays, the senate would recess for the weekly party caucus luncheon and while those are scheduled the senate had not announced a recess. liv...

the hearing will come to order. good morning. welcome to today's hearing of the senate subcommittee on transportation and safety. both by weight and by volume trucks move more freight domestically in the united states than any other form of transportation, this includes first and last mile connections, long-haul transportation and everything in between. it's also a major source of employment across our country. the trucking industry is a key component of our transportation network and it is vital to our economy. today we are going to hear from stakeholders about the current state of ...

Vote the presiding officer on this vote the yeas are 52. The nays are 48. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the bill. The clerk calendar number 266 h. R. 1 an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles 2 and 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate that senator wyden or his designee be recognized to offer a motion to commit the bill, text of which is at the desk. I further ask that the time until 8 00 p. M. Be equally divided bet...