A 2 thirds vote to convict trump and remove him from office with these amendments and they need a simple majority to pass well democrats continue to push for change calling the current rules a cover i send an amendment to the desk to subpoena certain documents and records from the white house the house managers strongly support senator schumers amendment which would ensure a fair legitimate trial based on a full evidentiary record the senate can remedy President Trumps unprecedented cover up by taking a straightforward step it can ask for the key evidence that the president has improperly blocked senator schumers amendment thats just that. Republicans are refusing to allow any amendments they say the democrats request to add new evidence as proof that the impeachment case is flawed. The 1st thing that the house managers have done upon arriving finally in this chamber after waiting for 33 days is to say well actually we need more evidence were not ready to present our case we need to ha