get noticeably harder to get any legislation through. so this is viewed as the key window to get legislation accomplished and what schumer would argue is that these bipartisan talks have happened for weeks and months, and they have suggested they re making good progress. and he s saying this first vote is simply a process vote to begin the debate. they don t have to finish the negotiations then but they have to allow to agree to the florida debate to occur. a lot of republicans say it is too premature to go that far. they need more time to negotiate, to finalize these complex details about a bill that would deal with a wide range of infrastructure needs across this country, so this is really going to come to key moment here in the next couple of days. can they get it through? can both sides agree? can they get the process moving or will that part collapse leading the democrats to try to pass things along their own on this separate effort, but they need their cooperation on their own si
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well, i think it s the way that it s always been done in the past, and we ve put it out there to the public, and the republicans can no longer say it s behind closed doors, even though they were behind the closed doors themselves. and i think it just helps to build the case, and it puts more pressure on the members of the senate, because as they see public opinion move in our direction, they will feel that pressure. okay. let s look at the vote this week, which took place making the impeachment inquiry official. your caucus, the democrats lost two votes. not a single republican voted in support. so, if you couldn t win even one single republican for a process vote, despite them clamoring for process, do you have any realistic hope of winning them over for an actual impeachment vote? well, as this becomes public, then more people will start to ride in or call in to their members, and if they are in any kind of swing district, perhaps that will have some influence
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happened. you lost two democrats yesterday, not a single republican voted yes. if you couldn t win over one republican for a process vote, do you have any realistic hope of winning anyone over for an actual impeachment vote? if you don t, does this end up just looking like a partisan endeavor. unfortunately the president has done a tremendous job of dividing congress. you know, the constitution states what are misdemeanors and high crimes and it s a, b, c. it s abuse, betrayal and it s also the corruption. so many people have forgotten all the other charges. i sit on government oversight. there has been a tremendous amount of activity that has been identified as being corruption, as being inappropriate.
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