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Headline Roundup December 18th, 2019

The House Debates Impeachment

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The House of Representatives is debating impeachment before voting on two articles of impeachment that are expect to make Donald Trump the third president in American history to be impeached. The votes mark the end of a there-month inquiry into allegations that President Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate a political rival while withholding U.S. security aid.

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House begins historic day of debate expected to end with Trump’s impeachment
House begins historic day of debate expected to end with Trump’s impeachment

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The House has begun a historic day of debate that is expected to end with votes to impeach President Trump for his conduct toward Ukraine, making him only the third president in U.S. history to receive that sanction.

Based on public announcements, Democrats have enough votes to approve articles of impeachment against Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Wednesday’s action will lead to a trial in the Republican-led Senate, where a two-thirds vote would be required to remove the president from office.

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Democrats set to take historic step of impeaching Trump
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House Democrats are poised to take the historic step of impeaching President Trump on Wednesday, marking what will be the most partisan vote to remove a sitting president since the country's founding.

The highly divisive vote — packed into the very last week of the legislative year — is sure to exacerbate tensions in Washington and around the country heading into a crucial election year, when echoes of impeachment could play an outsize role up and down the ballot.

The Democrats’ decision to bring impeachment to the floor caps months...

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House set for historic and partisan vote to impeach Trump
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The House on Wednesday is set to impeach President Trump along strictly partisan lines, setting up a January Senate trial that has already provoked a battle between Democrats and Republicans that will consume Congress in the new year.

In defiance of indifferent and sagging poll numbers for impeachment, House Democrats are poised to approve two articles of impeachment accusing Trump of abusing power and obstructing Congress.

The looming vote would make Trump the third president in history to be impeached by the House. He’ll join President Bill Clinton, who was...

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