On Politics A.M.: House Panel Delays Vote on Impeachment Articles

2019年12月13日星期五

December 13, 2019

Good Friday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

The Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee postponed the expected party-line approval of two articles of impeachment accusing President Trump of abusing his powers and obstructing Congress. The committee plans to reconvene today to vote.

As the House moves toward what even he says is an inevitable vote to impeach him, President Trump toggles between self-pity and combativeness.
Officials with the Trump campaign and Republican National Committee gathered Thursday for a state-of-the-race briefing in which they described a “beer and bluejeans party” transformed by the president. They reveled in the idea of being “on offense everywhere.”

The United States has settled on the final terms of a partial trade deal with China, moving closer to signing a pact that Mr. Trump originally announced in October.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has ramped up criticism of her Democratic primary opponents after months of avoiding conflict, rebuked rivals again Thursday in a speech about the economy and corruption.

Progressive activists have led protests against Mayor Pete Buttigieg at his fund-raising events this week, showing the left’s growing frustration with his embrace of moderate politics.
An influential union in Nevada, the third state to vote in the Democratic primary, told presidential candidates that health care, specifically keeping union health care, is what’s on their members’ minds.
Debates may be ending for the year next week, but the Democratic National Committee plans four more of them in January and February.
The Defense Department’s inspector general will examine a $400 million border wall contract that was awarded to a North Dakota company after Mr. Trump privately pushed for the deal.