11AM EST: House Rules Committee to set parameters for historic debate on Trump's fate

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The House is expected to move one step closer to impeaching President Trump on Tuesday, as the Rules Committee meets to set the parameters for the historic debate on Wednesday over whether Trump’s conduct toward Ukraine violated his oath of office.

With the Democratic-led chamber poised to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds Americans deeply divided and locked into their positions over whether he should be removed from office.

At the heart of the Democrats’ case is the allegation that Trump tried to leverage a White House meeting and military aid, sought by Ukraine to combat Russian military aggression, to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an investigation of former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, as well as a probe of an unfounded theory that Kyiv conspired with Democrats to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

This, plus Impeachment updates at WAPO link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-live-updates/2019/12/17/f3aa9e20-20b9-11ea-86f3-3b5019d451db_story.html

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1. Live stream.

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3. Thank you!

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5. You're welcome.

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2. OTHER STREAMS (I'm not gonna have chance to do threads today but will try to pop in)

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4. Thank you!

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7. You are welcome!

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6. ....

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8. Got CSPAN3 on my CSPAN radio app running (the radio steam is just a few seconds off the TV one)

(am trying to make some more cookies so am in and out of the kitchen but listening to the audio from that phone app)



ETA - the radio app stream is even well ahead of the video streams.

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9. According to the CSPAN3 hosts, members have been involved in votes this morning

so they are a bit delayed but should be arriving shortly.

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10. House Rules Committee members have trickled in and they have gaveled in

and clueless Auctioneer Doug Collins (R-GA) is sitting at the witness table (am assuming Nadler would be there too - both from the Judiciary Committee).

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11. Jim McGovern (D-MA) chair giving opening statement

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12. McGovern mentioned that Nadler had a family medical emergency and couldn't attend

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13. Tom Cole (R-OK) - ranking member opening statement

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14. Minority Leader Cole is being a lot more restrained in his opening comments...

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15. Jamie Raskin (D-ND) is filling in for Nadler as a witness before this committee

(Nadler's wife had the medical emergency)

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17. Thanks

I was wondering what happened to her

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19. I hope she recovers quickly.

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16. Doug Collins (R-GA) up (as a witness as ranking minority member of Judiciary)- MUTE

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18. McGovern correcting every piece of the Collins bullshit with a history lesson of past impeachments

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20. Bwah! Raskin accused of Collins' "speaking very fast"

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21. Raskin invoked the you "pound the table" when the facts/law are against you analogy

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22. Currently discussing the reasoning for being there as part of McGovern's questioning

of the witnesses.

McGovern had repeatedly asked Collins whether it was "okay" for a foreign government to interfere in our elections (and of course Collins ducked out of it with some gish gallop).

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23. Tom Cole (R-OK) - ranking member up for witness questions

(entering items into the record)

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24. Cole done his questioning - with him and Collins nothing but GOP talking points

(and another batch of cookies in the oven )

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25. ***RECESS FOR VOTES****

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26. ***RESUMING**** Mary Gay Scanlon questioning Raskin (for Nadler) as a witness

Clarifying all the mess...

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27. Member questions continue - Rob Woodall (R-GA) and now Alcee Hastings (D-FL)

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28. Hastings - "I know a little more than Mick Mulvaney" (noting his own years on Foreign Affairs Comm.)

re: How discussions with foreign countries are handled and nothing like what this administration is doing

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29. Hastings slamming Collins about the "classified server"

He got Collins on the defense.

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30. Rob Woodall (R-GA) doing his best GYMSUIT Jordan

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31. Woodpecker Woodall needs a MUTE.

What fucking douchebag.

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32. Woodall done finally. Normal Torres (D-CA) up

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33. ****5 MINUTE BREAK****

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34. Starting back up Michael Burgess (R-TX) up.

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35. Burgess done. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) up

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36. Bwah! Raskin when responding to Perlmutter's question

uttered the actual expletive ("shit" ) that he heard and was self-censored by I think Holmes, during earlier hearing testimony).

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37. Perlmutter done. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) up with questions.

(also entered items into the record)

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38. Lesko done. McGovern correcting Lesko's bullshit about previous "votes" for impeachment by D comm.

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39. Mary Gay Scanlon up (D-PA) up with questions.

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40. Scanlon: wanted to "thank the other side for giving my children a laugh"

regarding the impeachment being some "radical left conspiracy".

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41. She's been whooping some ass today, along with Raskin. nt

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42. She is the Congress woman for one of my sisters

and was newly elected in 2018. She has been magnificent this year.

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43. Scanlon done. Joseph Morelle (D-NY) up for questions.

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44. Morelle is reading all of the most recent Ghouliani shenanigans at this hearing

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45. Morelle done. Donna Shalala (D-FL) up for questions

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46. Shalala basically made a statement but asked no questions. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) up to question.

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47. ****CONCLUDED****

Michael Burgess (R-TX) entering something into the record