In a history-making vote on Wednesday night, the House of Representatives impeached the president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress
By a vote of 230 to 197 , the House’s Democratic majority overcame Republican resistance in the minority for the abuse of power charge on Wednesday night. And by a vote of 229 to 198 , the House voted for the obstruction of Congress charge.will now be tried in the Republican-controlled Senate
and a conviction, which would require the votes of nearly two dozen Republican senators, is far from certain. Earlier Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said impeachment was the House’s constitutional obligation after Trump allegedly pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. “Today, as speaker of the House, I solemnly and sadly open the debate on the impeachment of the president of the United States,” she said. “If we do not act now, we would be derelict in our duty. It is tragic that the president’s reckless actions make impeachment necessary. He gave us no choice.”
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