Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in Monday put to rest the idea that he would not allow a trial on impeachment charges if those are passed by the House of Representatives.
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McConnell would be “required” to do so under Senate rules, as the Washington Examiner noted in a piece this morning.
“It’s a Senate rule related to impeachment that would take 67 votes to change, so I would have no choice but to take it up,” McConnell told CNBC in an interview.
“The Senate would have to take up an impeachment resolution if it came over from the House,” he also said.
The statement puts to rest any speculation that McConnell might ignore the House if it passes one or more articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
McConnell also said Senate rules don’t allow the chamber to ignore the House on impeachment, the Examiner also noted.
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The Senate would have to hold a trial on each of the articles presented by House Democrats.
But how long the Senate spends on such a matter would be a different issue, he suggested.
See this exchange below:
For all those curious, here are the results of the votes on impeachment against former President Bill Clinton when the Senate held its trial in the late 1990s:
| Perjury article article |
Obstruction of justice article |
|
| Spencer Abraham (R-Michigan) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Wayne Allard (R-Colorado) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| John Ashcroft (R-Missouri) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Max Baucus (D-Montana) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Delaware) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Christopher S. Bond (R-Missouri) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Barbara Boxer (D-California) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| John B. Breaux (D-Louisiana) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Richard H. Bryan (D-Nevada) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Jim Bunning (R-Kentucky) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Conrad R. Burns (R-Montana) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| John H. Chafee (R-Rhode Island) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Max Cleland (D-Georgia) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Susan Collins (R-Maine) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Paul Coverdell (R-Georgia) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Thomas A. Daschle (D-South Dakota) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Christopher J. Dodd (D-Connecticut) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Pete V. Domenici (R-New Mexico) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Byron L. Dorgan (D-North Dakota) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| John Edwards (D-North Carolina) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Russell D. Feingold (D-Wisconsin) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Dianne Feinstein (D-California) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-Illinois) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| William H. Frist (R-Tennessee) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Slade Gorton (R-Washington) |
NOT GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Bob Graham (D-Florida) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Phil Gramm (R-Texas) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Rod Grams (R-Minnesota) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Ernest F. Hollings (D-South Carolina) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Tim Hutchinson (R-Arkansas) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| James M. Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| James M. Jeffords (R-Vermont) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| J. Robert Kerrey (D-Nebraska) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| John F. Kerry (D-Massachusetts) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Frank R. Lautenberg (D-New Jersey) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vermont) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Carl Levin (D-Michigan) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Connecticut) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D-Arkansas) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Richard G. Lugar (R-Indiana) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Connie Mack (R-Florida) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| John McCain (R-Arizona) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Maryland) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-New York) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Frank H. Murkowski (R-Alaska) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Patty Murray (D-Washington) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Don Nickles (R-Oklahoma) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Harry Reid (D-Nevada) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Charles S. Robb (D-Virginia) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| John D. Rockefeller IV (D-West Virginia) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| William V. Roth Jr. (R-Delaware) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Maryland) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Richard C. Shelby (R-Alabama) |
NOT GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Bob Smith (R-New Hampshire) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Gordon Smith (R-Oregon) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) |
NOT GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Craig Thomas (R-Wyoming) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Fred Thompson (R-Tennessee) |
NOT GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Robert Torricelli (D-New Jersey) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio) |
GUILTY | GUILTY |
| John W. Warner (R-Virginia) |
NOT GUILTY | GUILTY |
| Paul D. Wellstone (D-Minnesota) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
| Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) |
NOT GUILTY | NOT GUILTY |
A version of this piece originally appeared in WayneDupree.com; this article is used by permission.
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