they are discussing this with vladimir putin. a traffic mess as millions head home from christmas vacation this weekend. any of president trump s goodwill towards men, or women for that matter, did not last long. president trump is on a twitter tirade, hitting the house speaker and democrats for holding onto the articles of impeachment after months of claiming urgency in moving impeachment through the house. democratic congressman dan kilde disagrees. i think from the house standpoint, i think we can clearly defend the process that we used. we announced the process some time ago. we held a number of depositions. those led to public hearings, and then ultimately the two articles that were put forward. would it have been better had the key individuals around the president been allowed to testify in the house process? yes, it would have. but we felt like we had more than ample evidence to move
determines to conduct this trial. he has a responsibility, whether he s made his mind up or not, he has a responsibility to conduct the trial in a way that allows the facts to be heard. and let others make up their own minds, even if his is closed. in that same interview, senator murkowski said she felt that the house process was rushed. democrats are now really criticizing republicans for rushing a senate trial. does there appear to be a contradiction here between both sides view how the other s handled the process? yeah, i think unfortunately, you re going to see a lot of that back and forth. i think from the house standpoint, i think we can clearly defend the process that we used. we announced the process some time ago. we held a number of depositions, those led to public hearings. and then ultimately, the two articles that were put forward. would it have been better had the key individuals around the president beenal allowed to testify in the house process?
are looking towards mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell does say that he would not put forth a bill in the senate that the president would not sign. so we re at an impasse. trace? yeah, we were talking about the white house, the democrats and the republicans, no talk going on over there. what about on capitol hill? are both parties talking to each other there? that s an interesting thing. from the republican house standpoint, they did their job. they passed a bill that had the $5.6 billion the president wants in the bordered wall. listen. we sent a bill over to the senate that included disaster funding, including relief for the disasters and also included border wall funding. that would have done it. got over to the senate. now chuck schumer and the senate democrats are the ones that are holding it up. so we did our job in the republican majority in the house. democrats digging in at this point. the democrats in the senate looking to chuck schumer who
whether they impeach. the house impeaches and the senate convicts. they may not convict, but they will impeach. what s going on is this back and forth with democrats. if we do control the houseme. with impeachment or do we wait for the mueller report. it could happen soon. of course many democrats think it s going to damage them. they are trying and they know they have to do this methodically and the right way. if not, there will be backlash. at the same time, this is the piece that a lot of people don t understand. just because the house may begin impeachment and if the senate is not democratic, you don t have a conviction, meaning removal. many people say impeachment, but the removal is what people want. people mistake impeachment for removal. it s like an indictment. jumping the gun on that house
don t see him being a supporter of what republicans want to do, and i would imagine some of those republicans aren t really supporting him calling him out. well, he s got a point which is that business as usual was in the omnibus. there was a considerable amount of money that the president didn t want and didn t ask for and he would have preferred that go to revitalizing our military or building the wall. neil: but why does that happen, congressman because average americans here that republicans have the run of the table, the house and the senate, the white house so a lot of people who don t know the business procedures there are saying these republicans can t get out of their own way. well, there s a lot of history there, some of it we ll blame on the senate but some is just the process of four people sitting in a room at the end, nancy pelosi being one of them figuring out what stays and what goes out and cutting deals. the fact is we have not drained the swamp enough from a hous