Democratic leadership has said before that they wanted to wrap things up in the inquiry and possibly vote on articles of impeachment before Christmas. That's only two days before the house is scheduled to wrap up and go home for the year. But we have to wait until at least December 10th to hear how this one plays out. Federal judges will hear arguments next month in a case that could decide just who can be forced to testify before Congress.Ī former White House staffer sued the White House and Congress last week to get a ruling on if he had to obey a subpoena from house Democrats. Representative Adam Schiff said that transcripts of some of the depositions done in the last month could be released as soon as next week, but the inquiry itself may take longer than expected. Like Kadia said, no Republicans supported the bill, making the vote 232 to 196. I don't need to say that not a single Republican voted in favor of these new rules. Not to be upstaged by rep Devin Nunez who called Democrats a cult and said that they were loyally following their leader. At one point rep Steve Scalise called the entire process Soviet-style and meanwhile brought out a poster board with a photo of the Kremlin on it. It got really ugly on the floor this morning before votes. But it doesn't seem to have made them happy because, I mean, no matter how many privileges they get, all of this means that Congress is still moving forward with the process. Republicans can also authorize committees to release interview transcripts, and now White House Council and the president's council may be able to sit in on hearings and depositions.Īll of these changes are happening because Republicans repeatedly criticize how Democrats were handling the process. Also, Republicans can now request witnesses and documents. The Judiciary Committee gets back in the game, they are the designated committee to bring impeachment recommendations to the House floor now. These new rules should make the hearings more transparent and extend some power to Republicans. So, the House voted to create more rules in the impeachment inquiry. BuzzFeed News congressional correspondent Kadia Goba was on Capitol Hill and sent us a voice memo describing what went down. But before we get to all that, let's catch up on what happened yesterday.įirst up, House Democrats passed a bill that laid the groundwork for how the impeachment inquiry is going to work moving forward. We're talking to BuzzFeed newser, Ryan Broderick about the Crowdstrike Conspiracy theory that Trump brought up in his infamous phone call that kicked off the impeachment inquiry. Today we've got a bonkers story to take you into the weekend. Good morning, I'm Hayes Brown, reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News. It's Friday, November 1st, 2019, 38 days into the impeachment saga, and this is Impeachment Today.
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