And yet, within an hour of uttering those comments, saying that the president should be removed from office, democrats any minute now are going to announce an update on a trade deal theyre trying to strike on the very same day theyre officially planning to impeach the president. A replacement for the nafta deal, a moment of agreement, separated just about an hour from a moment of great disagreement with consequence. Lets begin with the latest on impeachment. Cnns manu raju on capitol hill. Manu, theyve announced those two articles of impeachment, included to some degree as a pattern of behavior, so references to past instances of what they say are alleged malfeasance by the president. What happens next . Yeah, thats right. Expect votes in the House Judiciary Committee are going to happen as soon as thursday. Thats what were expecting, and a vote in the full house next week. Now, i had the chance to talk to several members of the House Judiciary Committee, who have been involved in thes
Campaign 2020. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host as Congress Returns from its thanksgiving break, House Committees get back to work on the impeachment inquiry. House Intelligence Committee releasing its report to members, voting on it on tuesday and the House Judiciary Committee holding its first public hearing on wednesday. Good morning and welcome to washington journal on monday, december 2, 2019. We would like to ask you what is your message to your member of congress on impeachment . Republicans, call 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents and others, 2027488002. You can send us a text. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from. 2027488003. On twitter, we are at cspanwj on facebook, you can post at facebook. Com cspan. We heard from the administration from the white house in particular. A letter from the president s council and we will show you
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Twitter send us a tweet at cspan wj and facebook or facebook. Com cspan. Couple of the polls that have come out since thursday since the last of this weeks hearings and let you know about some of our political coverage starting with the intersection of the debate and the impeachment hearings. Jerry simon writing impeachment invades the democratic primary. For the good portion of the campaign, it sounds like it feels like an intrasquad basketball game. The same side scrimmaging against one another. Outside forces began to muscle into the president ial primary primary contest. The first force was president taught President Trump, not of his own accord. The biggest was hearings on the possible impeachment that paid out played out in the house of representatives, in particular a hearing on wednesday dominated the news and stole much of the spotlight that otherwise would have gone to the democrats president ial debate. Not surprisingly, the first question was directed towards Elizabeth Warr
There is a Silver Lining for beijing in the sense it releases some of the pressure. Protesters do not have to go to the street, they can vote . Bill it does. Carrie lam has said she will work with those newly elected Council Members and listen to their points of view and take that into account when she is carrying out her policies. One of the easy steps to take at this point would be to go forward with independent inquiry into some of the police action. That is something even probeijing supporters in hong kong have started calling for. That will be one easy way to show she has heard this message that the election has delivered. Capitalou mentioned the of the United States response to hong kong. Legislation went through congress and President Trump was saying he might sign it and might not. Where is it, exactly . Bill the president has 10 days to decide whether he wants to sign it or veto it. 4,hink that expires december the middle of next week or so. If he does not sign it, it becomes