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Here's What To Expect As House Prepares For Today's Historic Impeachment Vote
• Zero Hedge - Tyler DurdenUpdate: We 100% President Trump to go on a full-fledged Twitter rampage lasting until the last impeachment vote is cast on Wednesday, and so far, the president hasn't disappointed...although his first impeachment-focused tweet of the day has already been deleted for what we imagine are copy-editing-related reasons.
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The rules have been established, objections have been lodged and today, Wednesday, Dec. 18, with most of the US preparing for next week's holiday break, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is angling to finish the job, and finally impeach President Trump.
Though it means nothing to most of his supporters, as well as many Americans who simply haven't been convinced by The Democrats' arguments about how Trump supposedly violated the constitution, President Trump will almost certainly become the third American president to be impeached (and first since Bill Clinton) when lawmakers gather in the Well of the House for Wednesday's historic proceedings, according to Bloomberg.
Here's what to expect: After the House is gaveled in at about 9 am, lawmakers will debate for six hours before two votes are held: One on each article of impeachment. Trump is facing two charges: one is abuse of power, stemming from President Trump's alleged attempted "quid pro quo" with Ukraine involving the Bidens.
The other is obstruction of Congress, based on the administration's policy of advising White House employees and members of Trump's circle to ignore Congressional subpoenas by invoking executive privilege.
According to the Associated Press, Pelosi has the votes to impeach Trump on a purely party line basis. Many centrist Democrats, including several lawmakers from districts that supported Trump in 2016, have come out publicly in support of impeachment. However, neither the AP or the NYT were able to publish affirmative totals, suggesting that the numbers are still being firmed up, and that there might still be room for Republicans to fight back.
In a last-ditch effort to peel off as many Democratic votes as possible, Republicans are encouraging voters in districts that flipped to Democratic control in 2018 but voted for Trump in 2016 to flood their representatives' offices with calls demanding that they take a stand against impeachment.






