McConnell: Senate would have ‘no choice’ but to take up impeachment

By Susan Ferrechio

Published September 30, 2019 3:34pm ET

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McConnell: Senate would have ‘no choice’ but to take up impeachment — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tells reporters he intends to cancel the traditional August recess and keep the Senate in session to deal with backlogged tasks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he would take up impeachment articles passed by the House because he is required to do so under Senate rules.

“It’s a Senate rule related to impeachment that would take 67 votes to change, so I would have no choice but to take it up,” McConnell told CNBC in an interview. “The Senate would have to take up an impeachment resolution if it came over from the House.”

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