{"id":140791,"date":"2020-01-09T15:42:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/house-democrat-time-to-send-impeachment-articles-to-the-senate\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T15:42:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:42:52","slug":"house-democrat-time-to-send-impeachment-articles-to-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/house-democrat-time-to-send-impeachment-articles-to-the-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrat: Time to Send Impeachment Articles to the Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A House chairman called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to send the impeachment articles to the Senate\u2014the first House Democrat to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand what the speaker was trying to do\u2014basically trying to use the leverage of that to work with Democratic and Republican senators to try to get a reasonable trial, a trial that would actually show evidence, bring out witnesses,\u201d Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said during a Jan. 9 appearance on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the end of the day, just like we control it in the House, Mitch McConnell controls it in the Senate,\u201d Smith said, referring to the Senate majority leader. \u201cI think it was perfectly advisable for the speaker to try to leverage that to get a better deal. At this point, it doesnt look like thats going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time to send the impeachment to the Senate and let Mitch McConnell be responsible for the fairness of the trial,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/01\/09\/nancy-pelosi-1200x799.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" \/><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/01\/09\/nancy-pelosi-1200x799.jpg\" \/><\/figcaption><\/a> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrives to meet with other House Democrats on the morning following Iranian attacks on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 8, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite\/AP Photo)<\/figure>\n<p>CNN anchor Dana Bash said that the comments from Smith were \u201cperilous\u201d politically; he was the first House Democrat to publicly call for Pelosi to transmit the articles. Bash said one House Democrat texted her saying members of the caucus arent speaking out publicly because theyre afraid of retribution from the Speaker. A number of Senate Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/nancy-pelosi-gets-urgent-impeachment-demands-from-dem-senators-send-them-over_3197897.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said this week<\/a> that the articles should be transmitted.<\/p>\n<p>Smiths comments came after Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) crafted a resolution calling on Pelosi to send the impeachment articles to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi lacks \u201cthe power to effectively veto a resolution passed by a duly elected majority of the House of Representatives by refusing to transmit such a resolution to the Senate,\u201d Graham wrote in the resolution, which he planned on introducing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/01\/09\/lindsey-graham-walking-1200x903.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" \/><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/ass&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/house-democrat-time-to-send-impeachment-articles-to-the-senate_3198802.html&gt;Read More \u2013 Source&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;_[contf]_[contfnew]_        &lt;img src=\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Epoch Times<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A House chairman called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to send the impeachment articles to..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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