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Thursday, January 23, 2020

News Alert: Tensions between McConnell and Schumer run high as trial gains momentum

 
 
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Tensions between McConnell and Schumer run high as trial gains momentum
Tensions are running high between Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) after a bruising battle over the Senate impeachment trial’s rules.

Schumer has turned the proceedings into a trial of McConnell and Senate Republicans as much as President Trump, which has hardened partisan divisions.

McConnell in return has rebuffed Schumer’s efforts to negotiate a bipartisan organizing resolution for the trial, ignoring repeated requests to meet. He angered Schumer by not sharing the text of the resolution setting the trial’s rules until Monday evening.
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