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</p> During his closing remarks, Cipollone used two-decade-old clips of Democrats decrying the use of impeachment as a political tool during the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
Schumer of New York sat still at his desk as President Donald Trump’s defense team played a montage of decades-old statements from Democrats regarding Bill Clinton’s impeachment.
Shelby said it’s unlikely Republicans in his chamber will bring back spending bill earmarks, regardless of what the House decides.
Roberts Jr. reminded the Senate that during the trial of President Bill Clinton, the chief justice at the time was greeted with laughter when he suggested the counsel for the president and the House managers
</p> [The dead earmarks society]</p> Earmarks have been banned in the House since 2011, when a Republican majority ended the practice of inserting special projects in spending bills because of concerns
</p> [In bashing Biden, did Kellyanne Conway break the law again?]
</p> He said he “abhorred” former President Richard Nixon, “whose impeachment I personally favored,” and said he opposed the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
</p> Senators tried to get comfortable.</p> Louisiana Republican Bill Cassidy put his finger to his ear and swirled it around to clear an apparent blockage.
President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial in 1999.
And he said the bill would include “increased transparency, so we’d have increased reporting requirements from the administration.”
In front of him, GOP colleagues Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana turned from some paperwork on their desks to greet him briefly, then turned their attention back to their papers.
</p> “We know that we need to protect life at every stage,” he said. “Our bill has been blocked for a vote on the House floor by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”
</p> “That’s a little bit of ‘to prove a negative’,” Sen. Bill Cassidy said. “We don’t know the future. He’s appealing to an existential anxiety, if you will.
</p> But Durbin’s bill reinforced a backlash from Indians on the green card waiting list and their lobbyists.
</p> Like so many things about the Senate, there appears to be no hard and fast rule.</p> It can get confusing, but CQ Roll Call has decided to take a different course.
</p> Nadler even used a 1999 video clip of his Senate counterpart, Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, who served as an impeachment manager for the trial of President Bill Clinton when he was in the House
Bill Cassidy charted a course along the back corner of the Senate chamber Thursday during President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
He’s one of Trump’s most vocal supporters in the Senate, but he was also once responsible for presenting arguments for removing a president, serving as an impeachment manager in former President Bill Clinton
<p class="p1">File updated 7:45 p.m.</p> Sen.