President Trump Impeached on Nearly Straight Party Vote UPDATED

President Trump Impeached on Nearly Straight Party Vote UPDATED

President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House of Representatives. He is only the third President in American history to be impeached.

Now, the New York Times is reporting, "Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated Wednesday night that the House could indefinitely delay sending the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, leaving ambiguous the timing of a trial to decide whether to acquit him or convict and remove him from office."

“We will make our decision as to when we are going to send it when we see what they are doing on the Senate side,” Pelosi said. “So far, we have not seen anything that looks fair to us.”

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On Article 1, two Democrats broke rank and voted against the impeachment. The one independent member of the House voted with the Democrats.

The vote by the House on Wednesday night paves the way for a January trial in the United States Senate.

Republicans control the Senate and it is unlikely that Trump will be removed from office.

The final vote on Article 1 was 230 to 197 and one member of the House voted present (Democratic Presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard).

Both Rhode Island’s members of Congress — Jim Langevin and David Cicilline voted for impeachment.

Article 2 was approved 229 for to 198 against -- and Gabbard voting for present again.

This story was first published 12/18/19 8:37 PM