Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by you can do the things youh like to do witwireless plan designed for you. With talk, text and data. Consumer cellular. Learn more at consumercellular. Tv and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Uf woo it is the eve of impeachment. The United States house of representatives convenesco tomorrow tider the case against President Trump. But first, lawmakers spent long hours working out the rules for those proceedings. Once again, congressionalt correspondsa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins in a small room on the capitols third floor today, the last step before impeachment goes to the house floor. Unfortunate we have to be here today. Desjardins the House Rules Committee will decide the tprocess for the impeachm debate expected tomorrow. And it began with a first in igt
Dumped on us over here in the senate. Say to our colleagues and to the American People if and when the house does move ahead. But as we speak today, House Democrats still have the opportunity to do the right thing for the country and avoid setting this toxic new precedent. The house can turn back from a cliff and not deploy this constitutional remedy of last resort to deliver a predetermined partisan outcome. This morning, madam president , i just want to speak to one very specific part of this. Over the weekend, the democratic leader decided to short circuit the customary and collegial process for laying basic groundwork in advance of a potential impeachment trial. The preferable path would have been an inperson conversation which nonetheless i still hope to pursue. Instead, he chose to begin by writing me an 11paragraph letter on sunday evening, deliver it by way of the news media, and begin a Cable Television campaign a few hours later. The Democratic Leaders letter is an interestin
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by you can do the things you like to do with a wireless plan designed for you. With talk, text and data. Consumer cellular. Learn more at consumercellular. Tv and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thanyou. Woodruff it is the eve of impeachment. The United States house of representatives convenes tomorrow to consider the case against President Trump. But first, lawmakers spent long hours working out the rules for those proceedings. Once again, Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins in a small room on the capitols third floor today, the last step before impeachment goes to the house floor. Here today. E we have to be desjardins the House Rules Committee will decide thepr ess for the impeachment debate expected tomorrow. And it beganthith a first in p
Current government funding expires friday at midnight. Youre watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, help us to remember your mighty acts. You are kind and merciful, better to us than we deserve. You feed the sparrows and cause the sun to rise. You forgive our sins and provide us with strength for every challenge. Lord, use our lawmakers today for your glory. May they be courteous and kind as they seek to do what is best for this land we love. Remind them that they represent the hopes and dreams of many people. Thank you, lord, for the wonderful things that you continue to do for us all. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible
Morning madam president i wanted to speak to one very specific part of this. Over the weekend the democratic leader decided to shortcircuit the customary aland collegial process for laying basic groundworkin advance of a potential impeachment trial. The preferable path would have been an in person conversation which nonetheless i still hope to pursue. Instead, he chose to begin by writing me an 11 paragraph letter on sunday evening delivered by way of the news media and began a Cable Television campaign a few hours later. The Democratic Leaders letter is an interesting document from the very beginning. For example, in the second of its 11 paragraphs, our colleagues literally misquotes the constitution. That error actually aligns with our colleagues apparent confusion about some of the deeper questions. Ill come back to that in a moment. At first, our colleagues letter appears to request that a potential impeachment trial adopts similar procedures to the clinton impeachment in1999. Now,