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The Senate voted 48-52 to reject the House’s abuse of power charge and 47-53 to reject the obstruction of Congress charge. A two-thirds majority of the Senate is required for conviction.
If all three backed a motion for votes on witnesses supported by all 47 Democrats, it would result in a 50-50 vote tie — short of a majority. “Tie votes fail,” Barrasso said.
What was once thought to be an easy 53-47 party line that would avoid prolonging the trial didn’t appear to be as safe a bet after revelations from a manuscript of Bolton’s upcoming White House memoir
The Senate voted 53-47 along party lines to approve Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, after a long night of debate that stretched to nearly 2
The vote reflected the chamber’s party breakdown, with senators voting 53-47 to table, or kill, the minority leader’s initial amendment to subpoena documents.
“It doesn’t make sense for 47 people to just have a bunch of questions that they ask in random order.
The November poll found support for the House impeaching Trump is at 47 percent, still higher than the 43 percent who said they were opposed. The poll has a 2 percentage point margin of error.
More than half — 55 percent — thought Trump did “something wrong” in his dealings with Ukraine and 47 percent said what the president is accused of is “seriously wrong.”