Articles of impeachment
The Senate has specific rules for impeachment trials, but Mitch McConnell still has some leeway on how to structure Trump's trial.
The vote would allow President Trump's trial to begin nearly a month after he was impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The House speaker didn't get what she wanted in her standoff with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The president has long seen a Senate trial, where he is almost certain to be acquitted, as an opportunity for vindication.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The committee wants a federal appeals court to order former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify as it examines potential obstruction of justice by the president.
The president and his reelection campaign have begun framing his impeachment as a referendum on how Democrats regard him and his supporters.
“If her case is so air-tight ... why does she need more witnesses to make her case?’’
The president suggested that the House speaker should be impeached for not transmitting the articles of impeachment against him to the Senate.
Laurence Tribe broke down the House speaker's strategy of not yet sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
But apparently without any witnesses, the Senate Republican stance that Graham is supporting.