Headline Roundup • December 18th, 2019
Trump Becomes Third U.S. President To Be Impeached
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Townhall
After nearly 12 hours of debate on the House floor Wednesday, Democrats voted to approve articles of impeachment against President Trump. The vote on the first article, abuse of power, has hit the 216 vote threshold. The second vote on obstruction of Congress is ongoing.
Two Democrats joined Republicans in voting against impeachment.
(CNN)The House of Representatives took the historic step to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, charging a president with high crimes and misdemeanors for just the third time in American history.
The House voted almost entirely along party lines -- 230-197 -- to charge Trump with abuse of power. The House will now immediately vote on the second article of impeachment, obstruction of Congress, which is also expected to pass solely with Democratic votes.
CNBC
WASHINGTON – A majority of the House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach President Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors. The vote marked only the third time in American history that the full chamber has approved articles of impeachment against a president.
The largely party-line vote represented the culmination of a sprawling three-month investigation that was conducted by multiple committees in the Democratic-controlled House, and which was opposed at every turn by the White House and congressional Republicans.
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