{"id":140901,"date":"2020-01-14T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T09:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/senate-republicans-not-interested-in-motion-to-dismiss-impeachment-sen-roy-blunt\/"},"modified":"2020-01-14T09:30:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T09:30:58","slug":"senate-republicans-not-interested-in-motion-to-dismiss-impeachment-sen-roy-blunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/senate-republicans-not-interested-in-motion-to-dismiss-impeachment-sen-roy-blunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans Not Interested in Motion to Dismiss Impeachment: Sen. Roy Blunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) told reporters on Monday that Senate Republicans are \u201cnot interested\u201d in the motion to dismiss the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think our members generally are not interested in the motion to dismiss. They think both sides need to be heard,\u201d Blunt, a member<\/a> of the Senate Intelligence Committee and chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly there arent 51 votes for a motion to dismiss,\u201d Blunt added, according to The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The majority-Democrat House of Representatives formally charged Trump on Dec. 18, approving two articles of impeachment (pdf<\/a>) for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. No House Republicans voted in favor of the articles, and a small number of Democrats broke with their party to vote against one or both articles.<\/p>\n

The Senates trial on the charges has not begun because the House has yet to pass the articles to the Senate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not set a time for the House vote to launch the Senate action, although Democrats said the vote could take place Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Trump wrote on Twitter<\/a> that if the Senate opts for a trial instead of dismissing the articles, he believes that would give credence to the allegations against him, which he calls a \u201choax.\u201d<\/p>\n

A two-thirds supermajority in the Senate is required to convict a president and remove him from office. A simple majority (51 votes) is required to dismiss the charges against Trump. Republicans control the Senate with a 53-47 majority.<\/p>\n

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she would oppose a motion to dismiss the articles of impeachment.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Jan. 10, Collins told reporters<\/a> that she has been working with a \u201cfairly small group\u201d of Republican senators and others in the party to try to make sure that House impeachment managers, as well as representatives for the president, can call on witnesses during the upcoming trial.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy position is that there should be a vote on whether or not witnesses should be called,\u201d Collins said, AP reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

It takes 51 votes during an impeachment trial to approve rules or call witnesses.<\/p>\n

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) also indicated that he would oppose a motion to dismiss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we ought to have the opportunity to hear from both sides, and senators ought to have the opportunity to have their questions answered, and then well see where we are,\u201d he said, according<\/a> to Talking Points Memo.<\/p>\n

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told reporters<\/a> on Jan. 6 that he wants to hear from former National Security Adviser John Bolton but said hed leave it up to Senate leaders to decide on the trial process.<\/p>\n

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