House Republicans fail to censure impeachment leader Adam Schiff

Published October 21, 2019 11:23pm ET



The House of Representatives easily defeated a Republican measure to censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff for his “parody” reading of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a hearing last month.

Lawmakers voted along party lines 218-185 to postpone the resolution after heated debate over the impeachment inquiry into Trump, which Schiff is spearheading behind closed doors. However, 28 members, 12 Republicans and 16 Democrats, did not vote at all on the motion.

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