In washington dc, Thejudiciary Committee of the us house of representatives has been debating for around two hours now the articles of impeachment against President Trump. After a spirited discussion theyll most likely vote later on thursday, ahead of a vote in the full house next week. The house is dominated by the democrats. If the president is impeached, there will be a trial in the senate controlled by the republicans in the new year. I spoke to our north america correspondent, peter bowes, about what is a constitutional but very political process, an extremely political process. What is happening right now is that the Judiciary Committee are considering in detail those two articles of impeachment, essentially the charge sheet against donald trump. But it is political because at this stage it is the democrats who have the majority of the Judiciary Committee and indeed in the house of representatives so the end of the day it seems that when they get the vote from this Committee Late
In washington, dc, Thejudiciary Committee of the us house of representatives has been debating for around three hours now the articles of impeachment against President Trump. After a spirited discussion, they will most likely vote later on thursday, ahead of a vote in the full house next week. The house is dominated by the democrats. If the president is impeached, there will be a trial in the senate, controlled by the republicans, in the new year. I spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes about what is a constitutional but very political process. Whats happening right now is that the Judiciary Committee are considering in detail those two articles of impeachment, essentially the charge sheet against donald trump. But its political because at this stage its the democrats who have the majority on the Judiciary Committee, and indeed in the house of representatives. So it seems at the end of the day, when they get the vote from this Committee Late on thursday and the full hous
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Terminated. Well, just very gently so to the honourable gentleman who has had an opportunity, if it is a point of order rather than a point of frustration . A point of order, mr sammy wilson. The Prime Minister has claimed to the house today that the agreement. Youre watching bbc news from westminster where Boris Johnson is urging mps to back it spreads a deal in a final bid to get the uk to leave the eu in nine days. Mps will vote on the Withdrawal Agreement bill later tonight. At 7pm. And in the last half an hour Laura Kuenssberg tweeting that if mps dont agree to the government a timetable for brexit legislation, they will pull the bill. The stakes could not be higher. We return to the red. The honourable gentleman as a cheeky chappie. He has made his own point in his own way with considerable alacrity to which the Prime Minister can respond if he wishes. Thank you, i will give way in just a moment. Can respond if he wishes. Thank you, i will give way injust a moment. I will respond