The resolution passed on a 53-47 party-line vote after roughly a dozen hours of debate
WASHINGTON—President Trump’s legal team clashed with Democrats over their allegations of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, with senators ultimately approving rules early Wednesday morning for the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history.
Before the session started on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell altered his own proposed rules, issued a day earlier, after Democrats and a key centrist Republican objected to his plan to squeeze 24 hours of opening arguments by the prosecution...
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