One day after a historic and overwhelming vote against Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas House, the focus Sunday shifted to the Senate.
The House is expected to send over the 20 articles of impeachment to the upper chamber, possibly before the regular session ends Monday.and has covered every facet of what happens under the capitol dome for over 20 years.
Texas has seen two other impeachments, most recently in 1975, which Braddock said made Saturday’s House vote unlike any other in recent memory.
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