Impeachment action moves to tiny Rules Committee hearing room
Source: Roll Call
The articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — alleging that he abused his power and obstructed Congress — have one more committee hurdle to jump before the full House votes this week for the third time in history to impeach a sitting U.S. president.
The House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday for consideration of the articles of impeachment in their tiny hearing room tucked away on the third floor of the Capitol, just across the hall from the House Daily Press Gallery.
Accustomed to toiling in wonky obscurity, often late at night and very rarely on live television, the small and fiercely partisan committee will hear testimony and develop parameters for floor consideration of impeachment.
Rules Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., said on MSNBC Monday that he did not yet know how long impeachment debate will run on Wednesday or if it could bleed into Thursday.
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