there are other things happening on capitol hill right now. the defense funding allocation, that particular bill we have been watching that has so many moving parts, i understand there s movement on the hill i want to concentrate on that because as we look at it empty conference room, pretty much empty, they have gone to do some work on the hill. what else to the american people need to know about today that s going on? the senate passed the defense authorization bill. one of the bills that they are going to approve this afternoon is the defense spending bill. going across the street, the impeachment markups and hearings are in the house ways and means committee hearing room. the ways and means committee hearing room got the markup session of the usmca. once they get impeachment off the house floor, most likely
about the timing. it goes into 2020 which looks like it likely will. what does it do? we have never had an impeachment that takes place in the middle of a presidential election year. you have president trump. he has already been in the campaign trail. we are less than 55 days from the first vote and i ll caucuses. i think it hurts the democrats argument because republicans go back to it s an election year, only 11 months away from voting. let the american voters decide and it weakens the argument as time goes on. can i one minute brag about chad pergram? the hearing room, the house ways and means committee hearing room. we talked about earlier, the same one they did hearings for the house intelligence committee. doug collins said that it was cold and uncomfortable. chad tweeted there s a reason why the impeachment hearing room was so cold. the room is a backup for the house chamber as a security measure keep the temperature cold.
american people should decide whether the president is in office or not. a couple of housekeeping things. one is the room is the same room. that s why it looks the same. the house ways and means committee hearing room. it was the same one used for the house intelligence committee hearings we saw in november. the same room but now the house judd i shall committee takes it over. two is the testimony from each of the first three witnesses is right here. the law professors. as we mentioned jonathan turley s is 53 pages long but we won t hear 53 pages. each of the witnesses gets 10 minutes apiece before the questioning begins. in turley s testimony he says the legal case for impeachment is woe fully inadequate and in some respects dangerous and goes specific point by point. he ll submittal 53 pages to the record and summarize it for the testimony. sandra: he goes on to say i m concerned about lowering