Historic vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump lies ahead for House:
"I have no doubt the American people will hold you and the Democrats fully responsible in the upcoming 2020
President Donald Trump supporters demonstrate along Bear Valley Road in Victorville Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019.The vote on the House floor caps off weeks of hearings in a bitterly divided House, with Democrats and Republicans at odds over Trump's withholding of military aid to Ukraine amid efforts to pressure the country to launch investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden family's business dealings and unsubstantiated claims of Ukrainian election interference in 2016.
Ahead of the historic House vote, more than two dozen lawmakers from the 31 Democratic House districts carried by Trump in 2016 announced plans to vote for both articles of impeachment. "The testimony and evidence put forth led me to a clear conclusion," Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., a freshman in a seat formerly held by House GOP Speaker Dennis Hastert, said in a statement Tuesday.Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, a former Marine who served in Afghanistan and appeared to be the only House member preparing to split his vote, announcing Tuesday that he would vote to charge Trump with abusing power, but not with obstructing Congress.
House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a press conference with Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Republican Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., at the US Capitol on Dec. 17, 2019 in Washington, D.C.Golden also said that he did not believe Democrats had exhausted all their options in seeking White House compliance with the subpoenas issued in the Ukraine investigation.
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