The Moderates’ Impeachment Moment

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After nearly 12 hours of vicious debate, the Senate voted early Wednesday to adopt the rules that will govern the rest of the impeachment trial. But in a Republican-controlled chamber, why weren’t they the rules that Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, had originally wanted?

Guest: Julie Hirschfeld Davis (https://www.nytimes.com/by/julie-hirschfeld-davis?smid=pc-thedaily), congressional editor for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily).

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Voting along party lines, Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/us/politics/senate-impeachment-republicans-democrats.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage?smid=pc-thedaily) to subpoena witnesses and documents related to President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
As the trial began in earnest, Mr. Trump was 4,000 miles away (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/business/trump-davos.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage?smid=pc-thedaily), touting the United States’ economic growth at the World Economic Forum, an elite gathering of business leaders in Davos, Switzerland.


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