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You are here: Home / Politics / Impeachment / C Span Says Vote Coming Soon

C Span Says Vote Coming Soon

by Cheryl Rofer|  December 18, 20197:34 pm| 177 Comments

This post is in: Impeachment, Live Blogging, Open Threads

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Here’s the video again. Steny Hoyer is speaking as I write this.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 18, 2019 at 7:38 pm

    What were all those audience outbursts during Hoyer’s comments? They didn’t sound like common hecklers — sounded supportive, in fact. But why would supporters want to interrupt, repeatedly, a member of the Dem leadership?

  2. 2.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 7:40 pm

    Hoyer is killing it. Very good.

  3. 3.

    chopper

    December 18, 2019 at 7:40 pm

    it better. can’t have this in “the middle of the night!” right?

  4. 4.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 18, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    @Yarrow: His remarks are very good.

  5. 5.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    been away from my computer most of the day, and just saw the moron from Georgia, Barry Loudermilk, lie in order to compare trump to Jesus.

    also, Kellyanne had to arrange a Potemkin cheering section for president man-baby

    As he exited the West Wing and walked across the lawn, a huge contingency of White House staffers and visitors lined up along the south portico to cheer him on, and he walked the rope line shaking hands and smiling. He did not take any questions from the gathered reporters. An aide later loaded one of the posters onto the presidential helicopter.

    reminds me of a Lemonheads song, “Paid to Smile”

  6. 6.

    raven

    December 18, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Both

  7. 7.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    Why isn’t Nunes part of this tonight?

  8. 8.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 18, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Reminds me of Nixon.

  9. 9.

    Captain C

    December 18, 2019 at 7:43 pm

    I suspect that many Republicans are fuming at Steny’s calling them out in their lack of courage. Also, Collins is a Gish gallop of nuts and bullshit.

  10. 10.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 7:43 pm

    @Yarrow: was he really the first person to make this point on the floor?

    yle Griffin‏Verified account @kylegriffin1 7m7 minutes ago
    Majority Leader Hoyer: “There’s been a lot of talk about the 63 million people who voted for Mr. Trump. Little talk about the 65 million people who voted for Hillary Clinton.”

  11. 11.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 7:44 pm

    I thought Gohmert’s meltdown was epic. Also, he said Ukraine invaded Georgia? Russia must have been pissed.

  12. 12.

    cain

    December 18, 2019 at 7:44 pm

    @germy: 
    Do we really want to invoke his name?

  13. 13.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 7:44 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: 

    I heard that. Was very happy.

  14. 14.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 7:45 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I don’t know. I only just started watching.

  15. 15.

    Captain C

    December 18, 2019 at 7:45 pm

    Does Collins even believe what he is ranting about?

  16. 16.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    @cain:  He’ll sue you if you do.

  17. 17.

    oatler.

    December 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    Collins is evidence we should have FINISHED the Civil War.

  18. 18.

    raven

    December 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    @Captain C: Oh yea.

  19. 19.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:  Apparently he’s on his way to a rally in Michigan (I think). Really weird he’ll be doing a rally during/after he’s impeached.

  20. 20.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    Why isn’t Nancy Pelosi presiding over this?

  21. 21.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    @zhena gogolia:  I think I heard she’s going to preside over the vote.

  22. 22.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 7:48 pm

    Nunes wasn't there earlier because Jordan stole his jacket.

    — Linda Quest (@windmillcharger) December 18, 2019

  23. 23.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 7:48 pm

    The gap in character and intellect between the two parties is stunning

    — Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 19, 2019

    Yep.

  24. 24.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 18, 2019 at 7:48 pm

    Even with the sound off, Doug Collins looks unhinged.

  25. 25.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 7:48 pm

    @Yarrow: tweeters are saying it’s strategery– he wants to be live on Fox when the vote happens. He’s also in Justin Amash’s district, so I figure it’s fifty-fifty he’ll make some kind of call for violence

  26. 26.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    @Yarrow:  And temperament.

  27. 27.

    What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?

    December 18, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    @germy:  He’s wrong about that. It was Sherman who invaded Georgia. It was glorious, and fully deserved.

  28. 28.

    HalfAssedHomesteader

    December 18, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    I’m sorry, did McCarthy just say the Democrats have been trying to normalize the impeachment process? Yes, he did.

  29. 29.

    Captain C

    December 18, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    McCarthy is a lying wanker.

  30. 30.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    “why are doing this just hours before Christmas?”

    Christ, I’d better get that brisket in the oven! I haven’t even bought it yet!

  31. 31.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    @What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?:  They still pissed about it.  Now they’re purging voters for revenge.

  32. 32.

    raven

    December 18, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: You understand that his people fucking love it?

  33. 33.

    jackmac

    December 18, 2019 at 7:51 pm

    Steny Hoyer was fabulous. Bravo!

  34. 34.

    jackmac

    December 18, 2019 at 7:52 pm

    Steny Hoyer was fabulous! Bravo!

  35. 35.

    Cheryl Rofer

    December 18, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    Daniel Dale is covering the Michigan rally, for those who want to follow along at home.

    Pence is speaking first. He speaks a prepared line about how impeachment is happening because Democrats know they can't stop voters from giving Trump another term, then adds, as Trump often does, "It's true."

    — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 19, 2019

  36. 36.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    Rules Committee chair Rep. Jim McGovern just entered this fact check into the congressional record. READ IT YOURSELF https://t.co/G4assAm6Aj

    — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 18, 2019

  37. 37.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 7:54 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: 

    Not that I ever watch him, but tonight is about our people.

  38. 38.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 7:55 pm

    I’ve watched very little of this, but don’t the Republicans look and sound like children who got caught doing something wrong, and they think if they just scream and shout enough, they will get their way.

    I would suspect that might be what a non-political junkie thinks when they look in.

  39. 39.

    Jeffro

    December 18, 2019 at 7:56 pm

    @Yarrow: 

    He’ll need it, badly, as a salve

  40. 40.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 7:56 pm

    @Elizabelle:

     

     

    You would think but enough people support that behavior to allow them to be successful.

  41. 41.

    dmsilev

    December 18, 2019 at 7:57 pm

    @zhena gogolia: It’s only 168 hours until Christmas!

  42. 42.

    Jeffro

    December 18, 2019 at 7:59 pm

    I
    Hate
    “Putin Pays”
    McCarthy

  43. 43.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 7:59 pm

    "Abuse of power—an utterly meaningless term," says Devin Nunes.— Matt Ford (@fordm) December 18, 2019

  44. 44.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 8:00 pm

    Devin Nunes two weeks ago: Subpoena of phone records was a "gross abuse of power." https://t.co/XkI2X2X6VA pic.twitter.com/vjOyTqVmv3— David Williams (@dznyc) December 18, 2019

  45. 45.

    lamh36

    December 18, 2019 at 8:00 pm

    @girlsreallyrule
    Follow Follow @girlsreallyrule
    More
    Here is all of Rep. Maxine Waters’ speech and it is splendid. The only thing missing is at the end, the chamber breaks into some well-deserved applause.

    https://twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1207436451329257473

  46. 46.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 8:00 pm

    Some people get confused because the Trumpkins they see on TV are all grizzled Pennsyltucky diner habitués who look like they just retired from mill work, but most are really just asshole bosses and salesmen who tip 10% and think they lost a better job to “quotas.”

    — Roy Edroso (@edroso) December 19, 2019

  47. 47.

    germy

    December 18, 2019 at 8:02 pm

    Jim Jordan found his jacket!

    It's always the last place you look… so it must have been in the Ohio State wrestling team's locker room.#ImpeachmentDay

    — Joseph Nobles (@BoloBoffin) December 18, 2019

  48. 48.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:02 pm

    Adam Schiff is up. Love him. I am good with President Schiff before too long.

  49. 49.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:02 pm

    And the Republicans are booing, like drunks at a frat party.

  50. 50.

    Mary G

    December 18, 2019 at 8:03 pm

    Schiff batting cleanup.

  51. 51.

    oatler.

    December 18, 2019 at 8:04 pm

    Those fucking Rs can’t keep their mouths shut.

  52. 52.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:04 pm

    We used to stand up to Putin and Russia.

    Applause.

    I know the party of Ronald Reagan used to.

  53. 53.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    @Mary G:  Is Schiff the last one to speak?

  54. 54.

    Another Scott

    December 18, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    The Democratic side has done well tonight, and throughout this process.

    One thing I have been confused about is Rep. Collins’s continuous braying about HR 660 requiring the Democrats to have a “minority hearing” (or something) when they demand it.  Looking at the text of HR660 I don’t see anything about such a thing.

    Is it this?

    (B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee for decision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a committee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI.

    There were lots and lots of roll-call votes in both Committees to address various GOP complaints. Is it buried in Rule XI?

    Am I missing it?

    Thanks.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  55. 55.

    Another Scott

    December 18, 2019 at 8:06 pm

    BBC News is doing a stupid split-screen thing of Schiff talking and Donnie walking around and waving with Katy Kay talking about what Donnie’s doing.

    Grrr…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  56. 56.

    Cheryl Rofer

    December 18, 2019 at 8:08 pm

    Schiff speaking without notes.

  57. 57.

    Felanius Kootea

    December 18, 2019 at 8:08 pm

    As we wait, a federal appeals court just ruled 2-1 that the the ACA requirement that all people have health insurance is unconstitutional, a win for Republicans who want to repeal the Affordable Care Act. 17 million people stand to lose their health insurance if the entire law is repealed. Impeachment aside, this hands the Dems a gift going into 2020.

  58. 58.

    Tazj

    December 18, 2019 at 8:09 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Newt Gingrich that devout Catholic, and the rest of the Republicans impeached Bill Clinton on December 19, 1998.

  59. 59.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:09 pm

    They’re voting.

  60. 60.

    Another Scott

    December 18, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    The 15 minute vote is starting on Article 1 – Abuse of Power.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  61. 61.

    Mary G

    December 18, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    Finally voting!

  62. 62.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: 
    Schiff was magnificent. I wish I weren’t so hopeless about the country.

  63. 63.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    December 18, 2019 at 8:11 pm

    TICK TOCK MUTHERFVCKER

  64. 64.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:11 pm

    This part I can’t watch.

  65. 65.

    MisterForkbeard

    December 18, 2019 at 8:11 pm

    @Felanius Kootea: From everything I’m seeing, the vote from the 5th ideally ridiculous and nakedly partisan. Doesn’t make sense as a legal argument.

    Basically, the courts are acting as purely Republican political operatives now. Youd think this would also be a gift to Dems, but a large chunk of our coalition gets super mad if you try and tell them what the consequences of their choices are.

  66. 66.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:12 pm

    How can the House leaders slow down presenting the impeachment to the Senate?

    Wondering about the timing.  I want the Senators to get a good earful of what their constituents say over the holiday break.  Scare those weasels.

  67. 67.

    Another Scott

    December 18, 2019 at 8:15 pm

    @Felanius Kootea:

    RollCall:

    A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down the requirement that most Americans have health insurance, nullifying a major part of the 2010 health care law, but punted on the broader question about whether the rest of the law can stand.

    The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, 2-1, in its long-awaited decision that the so-called “individual mandate” to get insurance cannot stand after Republicans zeroed out the tax penalty for not having coverage. The three-judge panel sent the case back to a district court in the Northern District of Texas to consider other parts of the law.

    [Federal appeals court questions legality of Obamacare insurance mandate]

    The decision in Texas v. Azar could eventually put the fate of the health care law back in the hands of the Supreme Court, although Wednesday’s ruling makes it unlikely the courts will settle the issue before the 2020 election. But it could still have a significant impact on the national debate over health care, providing fresh ammunition to candidates who want to emphasize one of the most powerful domestic issues on the campaign trail.

    The ruling may remind voters of the differences between the Democratic candidates and President Donald Trump, whose administration called for the entire law to fall in this legal challenge. It could mean yet another presidential election serving in part as a referendum on the law.

    The case is expected to have little immediate practical effect since the requirement to buy coverage has not been in effect this year after Republicans effectively repealed it. The Republican state attorneys general who brought the case argued that the tax was so important that, without it, the entire law had to be eliminated.

    The opinion directs Judge Reed O’Connor, who struck down the law in full last year, to reconsider parts of the case and do “the necessary legwork” of explaining why particular parts of the law cannot stand without the individual mandate. It may be that the rest of the law must fall along with the individual mandate — or not — but the district court needs to do a more careful analysis of the current law, the 5th Circuit wrote.

    […]

    (Emphasis added.)

    Nothing good is safe with these Teabagger monsters in power. We have to vote them out.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  68. 68.

    JPL

    December 18, 2019 at 8:15 pm

    @zhena gogolia:  Not just you. I am so sick of these cowards who call out bullying in schools but turn a blind eye to the bully in the White House. I’m so tired of pro life who only care about cells and not health care for newborns. I am SICKENED by those who think Russia is our ally
    In honor of EFG fuckem fuckem fuckem

  69. 69.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:15 pm

    Silly me, I thought they would go around and call everyone’s name. This is like the damn clickers we have that never really work.

  70. 70.

    Frankensteinbeck

    December 18, 2019 at 8:16 pm

    @zhena gogolia
    Ditto. Somebody tell me if it passes.

  71. 71.

    JPL

    December 18, 2019 at 8:16 pm

    @Another Scott: They need to force the Supreme Court to rule on it now, rather than the lower courts.

  72. 72.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:18 pm

    So far two Dems have voted Nay. One was Van Drew who is leaving the party. Who’s the other?

  73. 73.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:19 pm

    @Yarrow: Peterson. Also always opposed impeachment.

  74. 74.

    joel hanes

    December 18, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    @Another Scott: 

    If I remember correctly, the 15 minute vote in the Republican controlled House for Medicare Part D lasted for several hours, and featured a bribe openly offered on the floor of the House.

    But Dems are abusing process

  75. 75.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    @Baud:  Thanks. I guess I missed that somehow.

  76. 76.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    Almost there.

  77. 77.

    Another Scott

    December 18, 2019 at 8:21 pm

    @Frankensteinbeck: C-Span says 216 are needed, the good guys are at 209 with 23 not voting yet.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  78. 78.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:21 pm

    @JPL: 
    We have to win this, and we will. This is the gravest threat our nation has faced since the Civil War, and pretty much the same kind of blowhard driving the problem.

    Although I think democracies are vulnerable because of the self-dealing by gazillionaires and the elite (many of whom may turn out to have Russian ties). We need to rein that in, and it is hard.

    Now, with climate change licking at our heels. Way faster than expected.

    Interesting times. We live in them.

  79. 79.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    December 18, 2019 at 8:21 pm

    @joel hanes:  and the vote occurred at 3 AM

  80. 80.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:22 pm

    5 more.

  81. 81.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:22 pm

    So close. 212 votes. Need 216.

  82. 82.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:22 pm

    3 more.

  83. 83.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:22 pm

    Why didn’t they all vote right away?

  84. 84.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:22 pm

    2 more.

  85. 85.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:23 pm

    Who’s going to be the 216th vote?

  86. 86.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:23 pm

    1 more.

  87. 87.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 8:23 pm

    and trump is impeached with 216 votes

    ETA : And now there is an edit button.

    First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is

  88. 88.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    Who are the two jerks who aren’t voting yet?

  89. 89.

    Captain C

    December 18, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    …and the Shitgibbon is impeached!

  90. 90.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Done.

  91. 91.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    I thought it needed 216.

  92. 92.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: dammit, and no edit button

  93. 93.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    PASSED! Trump is impeached on first count.

  94. 94.

    Another Scott

    December 18, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    Ding Ding Ding.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  95. 95.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    Pelosi is in the chair.

  96. 96.

    MobiusKlein

    December 18, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    Why are folks not voting? 24 seconds left, make up your damned mind

  97. 97.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    WHEW my God

  98. 98.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    @Baud:  NANCY SMASH!

  99. 99.

    dmsilev

    December 18, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    And there’s #216 on the first count. Donald Trump is officially the third US President to be impeached.

  100. 100.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    220

  101. 101.

    Cheryl Rofer

    December 18, 2019 at 8:26 pm

    Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States, has been impeached on abuse of power. Friends, we have a new demand, and we must voice it ferociously: #Remove. pic.twitter.com/Hki2G0nnrZ

    — Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) December 19, 2019

  102. 102.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:26 pm

    Guys:  look at the Washington Post website

    TRUMP IMPEACHED

    You will want a  screenshot.

  103. 103.

    chopper

    December 18, 2019 at 8:26 pm

    YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH

  104. 104.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:26 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: 
    Right on, brother.

  105. 105.

    chopper

    December 18, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    LET’S TBOGG THIS MOTHERFUCKER

  106. 106.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    1 GOP voted to impeach.

  107. 107.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    tweety listing all the people he thought did a good job, all Republicans: McCarthy, Scalise and Meadows.

    Speaking of kompromat, as we sometimes to, does he have pictures of Andy Lack and a goat?

  108. 108.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    One Republican voted Yea. Who’s that?

  109. 109.

    Captain C

    December 18, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    Which Republican is the one yes?

  110. 110.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 18, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    Wow, a Republican voted for impeachment, really?

  111. 111.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    @Baud:  Whoa? Rooney? I saw a quote from him that he sounded ready to flip back

    Can’t believe MSNBC isn’t discussing that, seems like a big Biden deal to me

  112. 112.

    evap

    December 18, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    Which republican voted yes?????

  113. 113.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    The LA Times has the banner headline too.

    The FTF NYTimes. Does not yet. What are those fuckers waiting for?

  114. 114.

    dmsilev

    December 18, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    @Baud: Well, guess we’ve found one target for Trump’s next Twitter Tirade.

    Also, “bipartisan vote to impeach”.

  115. 115.

    JPL

    December 18, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    @Elizabelle: I know.   What happened today for me is the realization that his base doesn’t care about bullies, about life or about Russia.

    The belief that they will own the liberals will kill us all.

  116. 116.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: 
    I don’t know.

  117. 117.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    @Baud:  CNN suggesting it’s a mistake and will be changed.

    Edit: It has been changed.

  118. 118.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:29 pm

    @Baud: 
    Wow, who he or she? They certainly didn’t speak.

  119. 119.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:29 pm

    GOP vote gone.

  120. 120.

    Another Scott

    December 18, 2019 at 8:29 pm

    @Baud:

    Good.

    I was waiting to see if any of them would break ranks.

    Make Donnie and Moscow Mitch sweat…

    (And, it’s gone. Maybe a mis-vote, maybe too much arm twisting…)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  121. 121.

    Captain C

    December 18, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    @Captain C:  And it’s gone.

  122. 122.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    The FTF NY Times finally has the headline up.

    In rather smallish print, amidst a cluttered screen.  Uh huh.

  123. 123.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    @Baud:

    Those clickers never work.

  124. 124.

    Starfish

    December 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    Who is the Democratic jellyfish who voted “present”?

  125. 125.

    dmsilev

    December 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    @Baud: Some idiot Republican (redundant, yes I know) probably pushed the wrong button.

  126. 126.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    Tulsi votes present!

  127. 127.

    joel hanes

    December 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: 

    First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is

    Caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within\

    But really, the last three years evoke a different Donovan song:

    O no
    Must be the season of the witch

  128. 128.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    12 not voting.  That’s interesting.  Have to see who they are.

  129. 129.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    @Elizabelle: 
    A-holes.

  130. 130.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    Tulsi Gabbard voted Present. Russian asset.

  131. 131.

    MobiusKlein

    December 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    @Yarrow
    Gives such confidence in our election system that we can’t count 435 yes/no items consistently.

  132. 132.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    Brian Williams asks Claire McCaskill about Gabbard voting “present”

    “Oh, it’s just stupid. What does this woman think she’s doing?”

  133. 133.

    dmsilev

    December 18, 2019 at 8:32 pm

    @Starfish: I was just going to post something similar. It’s not like that will make any difference for deflecting attacks or whatever.

  134. 134.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:32 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: That was great.

  135. 135.

    Cheryl Rofer

    December 18, 2019 at 8:32 pm

    Texas GOP Rep. Michael Cloud has changed his vote from yes to no

    — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 19, 2019

  136. 136.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:32 pm

    Tonight is the night Tulsi Gabbard became president.

  137. 137.

    dmsilev

    December 18, 2019 at 8:33 pm

    @Yarrow: Should have guessed she was the one. Well, there goes even the barest hint of a pretense of her Presidential bid being a serious campaign.

  138. 138.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:34 pm

    @dmsilev:

     

    Did she make tomorrow’s debate?

  139. 139.

    WaterGirl

    December 18, 2019 at 8:34 pm

    The vote was closer than I would have liked.

  140. 140.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:34 pm

    Nancy SMASH!  Looking very serious.

  141. 141.

    Elizabelle

    December 18, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    Tulsi Gabbard voted present. The little darling. Van Drew and Colin Peterson of Minnesota voted no.

  142. 142.

    psycholinguist

    December 18, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    @Baud:  is that Amash, or is it a new one?

  143. 143.

    dmsilev

    December 18, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    Nancy. Smash.

  144. 144.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    NANCY enjoyed that SMASH

  145. 145.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:36 pm

    I ADORE Nancy Pelosi. Love her so much. The very best of the very best.

  146. 146.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 18, 2019 at 8:36 pm

    @Baud:  On something historic like this, she needed to have the guts to make a call. Christ, you’d be better.

  147. 147.

    Another Scott

    December 18, 2019 at 8:36 pm

    Whew, 5 minute vote on Article 2.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  148. 148.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:36 pm

    @psycholinguist:

    The GOP vote was a mistake.  Amash voted to impeach as an independent.

  149. 149.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 18, 2019 at 8:37 pm

    @WaterGirl:  It doesn’t matter.

  150. 150.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:37 pm

    @dmsilev:  Didn’t she not even make the debate this month? Her campaign is nothing but a Russian wedge campaign with the goal of peeling off Dems and causing chaos.

  151. 151.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 8:37 pm

    Pelosi announces the first article is adopted.

    People start applauding. She makes a barely noticeable knock it off gesture, and they do.

    Looks like she’s wearing a caduceus, the doctors’ symbol of snakes twining around a staff. She’s Dr Constitution today.

  152. 152.

    HalfAssedHomesteader

    December 18, 2019 at 8:38 pm

    Fvck Gabbard, that Russian stooge.

  153. 153.

    Cheryl Rofer

    December 18, 2019 at 8:38 pm

    Trump was elected after bragging about grabbing a woman by the genitals. Now a woman is presiding over his impeachment, ensuring his presidency will always have an asterisk by it.

    — Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) December 19, 2019

  154. 154.

    Mary G

    December 18, 2019 at 8:39 pm

    That big font TRUMP IMPEACHED on the WaPo site is awesome.

  155. 155.

    Felanius Kootea

    December 18, 2019 at 8:39 pm

    @Elizabelle:  Woohoo!

  156. 156.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:39 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Nancy Pelosi’s pin at the impeachment debate was a declaration: The republic will survive this https://t.co/8riPI0DfzO LOVE this— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 18, 2019

  157. 157.

    HalfAssedHomesteader

    December 18, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    Did Gabbard just vote no on article 2?  That even more insane.

  158. 158.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    It’s modeled on the mace of the House of Rep.

  159. 159.

    WaterGirl

    December 18, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Well, it only doesn’t matter because we had enough.  But only, what, 4 votes to spare? To me that’s scary.

  160. 160.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:41 pm

    Article 2 failed.

  161. 161.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 8:41 pm

    @zhena gogolia: very cool– thanks

  162. 162.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 18, 2019 at 8:42 pm

    @WaterGirl: Pelosi let 13 take a walk.

  163. 163.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:42 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Huh?

  164. 164.

    Captain C

    December 18, 2019 at 8:42 pm

    …and there’s number two.

  165. 165.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:43 pm

    @Baud:

    I’m only seeing 214.

  166. 166.

    WaterGirl

    December 18, 2019 at 8:43 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: That makes perfect sense.  So we had more to spare, if we had needed them.

  167. 167.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:43 pm

    @Captain C: 
    Is CSpan trying to drive me crazy? I only see 214.

  168. 168.

    Baud

    December 18, 2019 at 8:44 pm

    @zhena gogolia: 

    It passed. At 219 now.

  169. 169.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    December 18, 2019 at 8:44 pm

    @zhena gogolia:  I’m seeing 218 with 12 Dems left– Jared Golden announced last night he was splitting his vote

    ETA: I imagine Stephen King has enough money to make life very difficult for a congressman. Though I would rather he spent it against Collins

    Stephen King‏Verified account @StephenKingDec 17

    If my congressman, Jared Golden, votes for only one article of impeachment, I will work with all my might to see him defeated next year.

  170. 170.

    Yarrow

    December 18, 2019 at 8:44 pm

    @Mary G:  Oh, wow! I went and looked. Font is HUGE.

  171. 171.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2019 at 8:44 pm

    Thank God I’m wrong!

  172. 172.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 18, 2019 at 8:45 pm

    @WaterGirl:  I would think so. That also means that the people who voted no (and present) chose to be there and vote that way.

  173. 173.

    Captain C

    December 18, 2019 at 8:45 pm

    • @zhena gogolia: sometimes the numbers take longer to catch up.
  174. 174.

    HalfAssedHomesteader

    December 18, 2019 at 8:48 pm

    Why can’t these congress critters get their votes in within the allotted time?

  175. 175.

    Dadadadadadada

    December 18, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    @germy: 
    If I had been publicly humiliated and called out to even 5% the extent that Nunes has, I would do everything in my power to never appear in public ever again. So maybe it’s that.
    Of course, that assumes he’s capable of feeling shame and remorse, so really it’s not that, and your guess is as good as mine.

  176. 176.

    J R in WV

    December 18, 2019 at 9:02 pm

    @Yarrow:

     

    Called “Second Coming” font — for really big stories!

  177. 177.

    Felanius Kootea

    December 18, 2019 at 9:11 pm

    That’s weird. What happened to the site?

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