McConnell lacks votes for Senate rules change to sidestep Pelosi impeachment delay

By David M. Drucker

Published January 8, 2020 11:00am ET

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McConnell lacks votes for Senate rules change to sidestep Pelosi impeachment delay — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, center, speaks during a news conference after a Senate Republican weekly luncheon meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. McConnell says he is "somewhat optimistic" after conversations with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer that there will be more cooperation on nominations and appropriations. | (Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg)

Senate Republicans are resigned to waiting out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she stalls sending over articles of impeachment needed to begin a trial.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell so far lacks the votes to change Senate impeachment rules (should he decide that is what he wants to do) and allow the trial of President Trump to begin without formal transmission of the articles, which the House approved last month.

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