chairman would remind us of the solemnity of the moment and thank us and our staff who work so hard on this for just staying focused. i think you saw a serious effort on our side to stay focused in that we did this out of conviction and love for our country and on the other side you saw not a defense of what the president did, just attacks on process and a real denial about what their acceptance of the president s conduct means for the future of our country. congressman swalwell, thank you for spending some time with us. get some rest. my pleasure. thank you. we are waiting for the chairman of that committee, chairman nadler, to head to the microphones. we ll take that when he starts talking. but you know, i am so curious about what david jolly s talking about, michael beschloss is talking about.
rushen that willer? no. cline? no. armstrong? no. stubey? no. has every member who wishes to vote voted? the clerk will report. mr. chairman, there are 23 ayes and 17 noes. the article is agreed to. the resolution is amended as reported favorably to the house. members will have two days to submit views. the resolution reported as a single amendment. without objection, staff makes technical and conforming changes. without objection mr. chairman? mr. chairman? for what purpose? senate i give not. notice is heard. without objection, the committee is adjourned.
going home took some of the vinegar out of the proceedings. this was always going to be a foregone conclusion how the vote in the committee would go and i think we saw that realized this morning. that does not mean that the fight over this is over. i expect to see at least a day or two next week of a very bitter fight over these articles on the house floor. democrats have largely given up the hopes to convince any republicans to come across the aisle and vote in favor of the articles but not true going the other way. still republicans think they might be able to peel off some of the vulnerable democrats in front line districts and make an effort to cast this as something damning to the democratic party in the future so i think expect to see next week republicans really aggressively targeting particularly the freshman members to try to convince them that this didn t rise to the level and vote against the articles on the house floor. we are far from done with this. you cover the whole
and i think the point was made by witnesses like ambassador taylor who left ukraine to come and testify in the house intelligence committee s investigation who said ukrainians died this week at the hands of russians. this is about american national security. this is about america trying or supposed to stand with the good guys, in this case that s ukraine. that s in dispute at fox but u.s. stated written policy that the battle between russia and ukraine we are aligned with ukraine. and over and over and over again, there are no new stories in the trump presidency. over and over and over again trump weakens russia s adversaries who happen to be our allies. talk about what that looks like now three years in. it just feels awful. you know? i covered eight years of ronald reagan. the cold war. the first summits with gorbachev. the end of the cold war.
nadler has taken his seat and we may not talk again until after this committee has taken a historic vote to impeach donald j. trump on two articles. your thoughts? i think this is an incredibly sober moment and i hope that republicans and democrats did take the night to reflect on what their responsibility is and i am moved by the moment because it doesn t happen and it shouldn t happen often except in the most outrageous circumstances in the behavior of the president and i think that we have reached that moment and we will remember this moment in history. let s listen in. thank you. judiciary committee will come to order. a quorum being present. having agreed to the articles of impeachment against president trump, the pending business is reporting the resolution favorably to the house. reporting quorum being present, the question is now in the