410-4, to grant broad subpoena powers to the house judiciary committee in its inquiry into the impeachment of the president. on this vote, the yeas are 232, the neys 196. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. this is up . i m david gura. the dean of uc berkeley law school writes this in the los angeles times. the procedures to be followed are much like those used in the clinton and nixon impeachment proceedings where there was less fact-finding in the clinton impeachment. down right speedy. 11 days to formal inquiry. nixon was 599. and clinton, 260.
minority leader got all senators together in the old senate chamber to establish ground rules for clinton s trial even if senator s disagreed on the president s guilt or innocence, they decided to stick with the agreement despite the effort to short circuit the trial. it is hard to imagine how all 100 senators could agree on special arrangements for a possible trial of president trump in today s super charged atmosphere. the senate has never terminated an impeachment trial before its conclusion, but in 2009, the senate flushed articles of impeachment for federal judge samuel kent. kent resigned after the house impeached him, but the senate never conducted a trial. an impeachment trial ends with a vote. all 100 senators rise and vote verbally from their desks when their name is called in alphabetical order, 67 yeas are needed to convict and remove an official from the office. if the house impeaches president trump, the senate will at least have to take it up. but what happens after pres
in its inquiry into the impeachment of the president. on this vote the yeas are 232, nays are 196. the resolution is adopted without eeks the motion tobject motion to reconsider is blade upon the table. the impeachment inquiry into richard nixon had buy-in from almost every member of congress and ultimately nixon resigned when he realized his own party would vote to impeach him. compare that to thursday s vote sharply divided along party lines with republicans that the impeachment inquiry itself is illegitimate. i m joined by jill wine-banks, msnm schms nbc contributor and autho. thank you very much for being here. thank you, jonathan. and there is your book cover. look at you. i want to put up this time line that we have.
he saw was illegal, did not dispute the problematic facts so far, adding to the picture of a president using the power of his office to extract personal political assistance from a foreign government. we ll also bring you the latest on two court hearings which could decide when or even weather wl certain key witnesses will testify. because this is now primarily a political battle, we ll speak to the president s former chief strategist who remains a very vocal supporter, steve bannon. we begin, though, with this remarkable historic moment. on this vote, the yeas are 232. the nays are 196. the resolution is adopted without objection. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. joining us for that, three people who have seen a lot, david axelrod, host of the ax fillings and former senior adviser to president obama. gloria borger, and david gear
between them, are about to make more. what happened today in one chamber of the bigger of the two has set the stage for so much yet to come. tonight we will of course bring you reporting on the testimony today of a former senior white house official who, despite saying he did not believe what he saw was illegal, did not dispute the problematic effect so far acting to the picture of a president using the power of his office to extract personal political assistance from a foreign government. we ll bring you the latest on two court hearings which could decide when or whether certain other key witnesses will testify. because this is primarily a political battle, we ll speak to the president s former chief strategist steve bannon. we begin with this remarkable historic moment. on this vote, the yeas are 232. the nays are 196. the resolution is adopted without objection. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table.