The full House is expected to vote on impeachment next week.
on Thursday, which had followed another three hours of opening statements on Wednesday night, the House Judiciary Committee reconvened Friday morning to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The vote on the first article, for abuse of power, was approved 23–17. The vote on the second article, for obstruction of Congress, was also approved 23–17. Each vote was perfectly along party lines with one absentee: California Rep.
So when Nadler announced Thursday night that he wasn’t dumb enough to fall into that trap, and that the committee would vote Friday, Republicans went livid. The GOP ranking member of the committee, Rep. Doug Collins, called it “the most bush-league play I’ve ever seen in my life” while Rep. Louie Gohmert described the move as “Stalinist.
With all of the committee work now complete, the full House will vote on the two articles sometime next week before breaking for the holidays. The outcome isn’t in doubt—Trump is going to be impeached. But it will be interesting to see how many defections Democrats suffer. Two Democrats, New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew and Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson,
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