some people like the whistleblower, like hunter biden called so that they can press their case against him. my guess is that that isn't going to fly because i think most people will convince the president and most republicans already believe that if you do that, then democrats will start to call people and who knows what will happen? they could call mick mulvaney or john bolton, former national security advisor who didn't testify. one more point about the rules in the house. because in the end unless they get a deal. back in 1999 when they had the senate trial of bill clinton, the two leaders, trent lott and tom daschle arrived at an agreement. they both knew it was going nowhere. removal of bill clinton. they agreed no witnesses and that was it. but there is so far been no agreement between mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. in that case 51 votes, a bare, simple majority. the vice president isn't part of this.