“The Senate impeachment rules are very clear.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the Senate “would have to take up an impeachment resolution if it came over from the House.”
The Senate would have to take up impeachment of President Donald Trump if the House effectively votes to charge the president, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday.
If the House impeaches, the Republican-held Senate would then hold a trial on whether to convict Trump and remove him from office. Despite the current lack of support for the inquiry among Senate Republicans, McConnell said the chamber by rule would have no choice but to follow through with the process.The Senate as currently composed is unlikely to remove the president from the White House. It would need a two-thirds majority vote to do so.
McConnell on Monday argued the Democratic-held House has not focused enough on passing legislation it knows the Senate would approve. He contended the party has a "thin record" of passing bills that could actually become law Hammill said Democrats "have passed scores of significant legislation now sitting on Senator McConnell's desk."
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