| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Behind the scenes of McConnell's impeachment drama | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had to quell a revolt in the Senate Republican conference on Friday after he floated a proposal to extend President Trump’s trial into a third week.
Most of the GOP conference, especially conservatives, wanted to vote late Friday or very early Saturday morning to acquit Trump, allowing him to deliver the State of the Union address on Tuesday without the cloud of impeachment proceedings.
If he lost three moderates or three Republicans on either side of his conference, he would suffer the embarrassment of the organizing resolution failing on the floor. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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