in the senate less than one month ago when they blocked using a procedural measure to block any further debate and a vote on setting up a bipartisan commission, but what nancy pelosi has now announced is that there will be a select committee in the house of representatives to look at this issue. now, it s still a matter of debate what sort of role the republicans will play as part of that commission. i think it s probably also fair to say the select committee won t have the same clout as an independent bipartisan commission that the senate could have voted on. nevertheless, it means that this issue will certainly remain in the headlines, it will remain as part of the public debate for some time to come. peter bowes there. donald trump s former lawyer rudy giuliani has had his law licence suspended in new york. a court there called his comments about the 2020 us presidential election false and misleading . but the decision, made by a five judge panel, is temporary, pending the outcome
committee anyway capitol building. committee anyway capitol buildina. ., ., ., building. the idea of a commission building. the idea of a - commission was scuppered by building. the idea of a commission was scuppered by the republicans in the senate less than one month ago when they blocked using a procedural measure to block any further debate and vote on setting up a bipartisan commission. but what nancy pelosi has now announced is there will be a select committee in the house of representatives to look at this issue. it s still a matter of debate what sort of role the republicans will play as part of that commission. i think it s probably also fair to say the select committee won t have the select committee won t have the same clout as an independent bipartisan commission that the senate could have voted on. nevertheless, it means that this issue will certainly remain in the headlines, it will remain as part of the public debate for some time to come. ., ., come. peter, for
celebrate is the fact that he has got this far and he has managed to bring republicans and democrats together to debate and clearly, there have been compromises on both sides that he at least has the basis for something that could ultimately be passed by congress to begin to solve this infrastructure problem in the united states which has really been plaguing cities around the country bad bridges, roads, the rail network, waterways that desperately need improving. peter, they may have reached agreement and come together from the opposite sides of the aisle on this issue, the infrastructure. what they haven t done is come together on the matter of a commission to investigate the january 6th riot, the violence in the capitol building, but it seems the house speaker is going to go ahead and set up a committee anyway? the idea of a commission was scuppered by the republicans
subpoenas. president trump thus interposed the powers of the presidency against the lawful subpoenas of the house of representatives and assumed to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise of the sole power of impeachment vested by the constitution in the house of representatives. president trump abused the powers of his high office through the following means. one, directing the white house to defy a lawful subpoena by withholding the production of documents sought therein by the committees. two, directing other executive branch agencies and offices to defy lawful subpoenas and withhold the production of documents and records from the committees in response to which the department of state, office of management and budget, department of energy, and department of defense refused to produce a single document or record. three, directing current and former executive branch officials not to cooperate with the committees in response to which nine administration
national television exactly what he wanted from the phone call with president zelensky. he came onto the white house lawn and he said, i wanted president zelensky to open an investigation into the bidens. he solicited foreign interference before. he is doing it now. and he will do it again. the president is the smoking gun. our founders, mr. chairman mr. speaker, entrusted us with the awesome responsibility of protecting our democracy which gets its power not from the blood lines of monarchs but from the votes of we, the people. without that, we are no longer a democracy. we are a monarchy or a dictatorship. and so today, to uphold my oath to constitution and country, i will vote to impeach donald j. trump. i yield back. the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from georgia. i also remind my chairman