This week on "Face the Nation," December 15, 2019: Graham, Durbin
Judiciary Committee makes impeachment a reality After almost a month of hearings and contentious debate, the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee moved to approve articles impeachment of President Trump, shifting the impeachment procedure into full gear. The votes Friday fell along party lines, passing 23 to 17. "Today is a solemn and sad day. For the third time in a bit over a century and a half, the House Judiciary Committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president — for abuse of energy and obstruction of Congress. The House will act expeditiously," Nadler said in a short assertion to journalists after the vote. The complete House of Representatives will move to vote on the articles -- abuse of power and obstruction of Congress -- sometime next week, making it all however sure that Mr. Trump turns into the 0.33 U.S. President in history to be impeached. The White House slammed the circulate by the House panel, calling it a "desperate charade of an impeachment inquiry." "The President seems ahead to receiving in the Senate the fair remedy and due process which continues to be disgracefully denied to him by the House," White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a declaration. The committee exceeded the procedural change that precedes the very last vote on the two articles shortly before midnight on Thursday by using a voice vote. Ranking Member Doug Collins condemned the postponement as beside the point" on Thursday evening, and argued that Democrats most effective moved the vote to get greater media attention. "The chairman's integrity is gone," Collins instructed journalists after the meeting. "Words can't describe how beside the point this was." Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who's a member of the Judiciary Committee, argued Friday morning that "the American humans deserve an impeachment vote in the mild of day." Trade negotiations While the White House continues to play defense towards the Democratic caucus, they appeared to present him a small win this week with the statement of a tentative deal on the United States Mexico Canada (USMCA) alternate agreement. The exchange settlement, signed through the leaders of those countries final year however not yet approved by way of Congress, is a revamp of NAFTA and a success of a key marketing campaign promise via the president who has vowed to take down the long-held alternate percent during his tenure in office. On pinnacle of the success for Mr. Trump and the Democrats -- the White House announced Friday that the United States and China have agreed on a trade settlement in principle after months of back-and-forth retaliatory price lists. The "Phase One" trade deal requires structural reforms and other modifications to China's financial and alternate regime in the areas of highbrow property, generation transfer, agriculture, economic services, and currency and overseas exchange, in step with White House negotiators. And as part of the U.S.-China change deal, the White House will leave 25% price lists on $250 billion in imports in place, while slicing some existing tariff charges to 7.5%. The p.C. still requires a final signature from key management officials. While it is but to be seen if the management will comply with Congressional finances negotiators so one can avert a government shutdown subsequent week, the alternate successes signal another win for the management that Mr. Trump will hail victory on just weeks earlier than the holiday break.