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At the end of a completed impeachment trial, the U.S. Senate delivers a verdict. A "guilty" verdict (requiring a two-thirds majority) has the effect of immediately removing an officeholder from office. After, and only after, a "guilty" verdict, the Senate has the option of additionally barring the official from ever holding federal office again ...
It concludes with the House voting on “articles of impeachment”—or specific charges made against the president, which are then brought to trial in front of the Senate. Following the trial ...
The U.S. Senate voted to end the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, a day after House Republicans delivered articles of impeachment against the ...
A 57-43 majority of the Senate voted to convict Trump, but fell short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction. Live impeachment updates: In historic vote, Senate acquits Trump. Again.
Each article is voted on separately and requires a simple majority to pass. Once an article has been passed in the House, the president has been impeached. The articles are then sent to the Senate for adjudication with an impeachment trial. After views have been laid out in the trial, the Senate moves to vote on conviction.
The Senate voted, 89–11, to adopt the procedural rules for the trial on February 9, and the trial started with a four-hour debate on the constitutionality of the trial, then the Senate voted at a simple majority threshold to affirm the proceedings' constitutionality, 56-44.
Senate Republicans voted overwhelmingly Tuesday against moving forward with Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, making clear a conviction of the former president for “incitement ...
There is no timeframe requirement for when the managers must actually deliver the articles of impeachment to the Senate. On the set date, senators are sworn in for the impeachment trial. [34] The proceedings take the form of a trial, with the Senate having the right to call witnesses and each side having the right to perform cross-examinations ...