The Moderates’ Impeachment Moment

<p>After nearly 12 hours of vicious debate, the Senate voted early Wednesday to adopt the rules that will govern the rest of the impeachment trial. But in a Republican-controlled chamber, why weren’t they the rules that Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, had originally wanted?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/julie-hirschfeld-davis?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Julie Hirschfeld Davis</a>, congressional editor for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Voting along party lines,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/us/politics/senate-impeachment-republicans-democrats.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts</a> to subpoena witnesses and documents related to President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.</li><li>As the trial began in earnest,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/business/trump-davos.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> Mr. Trump was 4,000 miles away</a>, touting the United States’ economic growth at the World Economic Forum, an elite gathering of business leaders in Davos, Switzerland.</li></ul>