Friday, January 31, 2020

No Witnesses, Vote Down Next Week

Various sources report the Senate voted 51-49 to call no witnesses and subpoena no documents. It will not however vote down the House impeachment until perhaps Wednesday.

The Iowa caucuses happen on Monday night and the State of the Union speech is on Tuesday. Delaying the vote until Wednesday is ... interesting.

A tweet echoed by Instapundit alleges this is so Sens. Warren, Sanders, and Klobuchar will have to stay in Washington until then, missing the Iowa caucuses on Monday. The tweet approvingly ascribes this delay to McConnell’s Machiavellian savagery. We’ll see ....