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https://www.pressherald.com/2019/10/25/sen-collins-among-3-who-havent-signed-on-to-republican-impeachment-resolution/WASHINGTON Republican senators who could be vulnerable in next years elections, including some who have declined to say whether it would be appropriate for a president to use U.S. aid to get political favors from a foreign leader, have signed on to a measure condemning the House impeachment process.
Their support for a resolution introduced Thursday by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, both Republicans, shows the Republican Party is rallying behind criticism of Democrats tactics as a way to blunt questions about President Trumps behavior.
The resolution calls on the House to vote to open the inquiry and to provide Trump with fundamental constitutional protections of due process. By Friday afternoon, all but three Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah had signed on as co-sponsors.
Three House committees have been using closed-door depositions to investigate whether Trump withheld congressionally approved aid to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate his political rivals. House Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff has said the testimony is being kept secret to prevent witnesses from coordinating their stories, but Republicans on the committees have had an opportunity to ask questions and information from the depositions will be made public in the future.
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Don't be fooled by this - even if she votes against impeachment, the repugs will fail to convict.
Typical Collins bullshit
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)bullimiami
(13,103 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)ZERO upside for doing so for him and the gOP. Its the least WORSE path for McConnel/GOP to take.
Trump will not be removed from office BUT will be nearly impossible for him to be re-elected as the GOP has done nothing to expand their voting base.
Next spring will see many GOP Senate/Trump giveaways from tax breaks to families to SS recipients, huge infrastructure proposals ALL MEANT for democrats to "oppose" in the House and the Senate simply from the deficit point of view. I would disagree with democrats doing this. I would propose even MORE spending and exploding the budget to the point where GOP would be the ones to vote against it. I am hoping the house leadership can see this and how to turn this back against GOP and trump as election year issue.
Go back at McConnel/GOP senate with MASSIVE increases over what they and trump will be trying to do and see them oppose it then. Turn it back on them
rampartc
(5,435 posts)but never depend on her to do the right thing