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Sen.Roy BluntRoy Dean Blunt Sunday shows preview: (race heats up as impeachment moves to SenateUncertainty hangs over Trump impeachment trialGOP leadership : Initial phase of impeachment trial could run two weeksMORE(R-Mo.) Said Sunday he does not think SpeakerNancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump blasts ‘unfair’ impeachment, ‘extreme leftists’ in speech to young conservativesSunday shows preview: race heats up as impeachment moves to Senateglobal health is the last bastion of bipartisan foreign policyMORE***************(D-Calif.) Has the power to hold the articles of impeachment the House passed last week from the Senate.

“Frankly, I don’t think the Speaker has the right to do this, “Blunt said on CNN’s” State of the Union “in response to Pelosi’s decision not to send the articles to the Senate until Senate leaders agree on parameters for a trial.“The Speaker has a lot of power,” Blunt continued but added that he doesn’t think Pelosi has the authority to withhold the articles from the upper chamber once “the House has spoken.”“I think it’s a mistake on the Speaker’s part.I think this will look pretty political,” he added.Blunt also said that based on what he’s heard so far, he does not support removing Trump from office. He said the House failed to make the case.

Donald John Trump(Clyburn to White House: ‘I am not going to be intimidated’ Trump to headline event for evangelicals in the new year Brazil’s Bolsonaro says Trump won’t pursue steel, aluminum tariffs MORE***************with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.Blunt also defended his colleagues’ remarks that they would not be impartial jurors in the looming Senate trial. He said that, despite its name, the process is not actually a “trial.”Senate Majority LeaderMitch McConnell)********(Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellClyburn to White House: ‘I am not going to be intimidated’Trump blasts ‘unfair’ impeachment, ‘extreme leftists’ in speech to young conservativesSunday shows preview: (race heats up as impeachment moves to SenateMORE**********(R-Ky. ) said he’ll be in “total coordination” with the White House during the process, and Sen.Lindsey GrahamLindsey OlinGrahamSunday shows preview: race heats up as impeachment moves to SenateDe Niro: Trump needs to be ‘confronted and humiliated’Colbert presents ‘Once Upon Impeachment’ as new ‘animated classic’MORE(RS.C.) said he’s made up his mind and doesn’t need to hear from any witnesses .“This is called a trial because there was really in the Constitution, I think, no better thing to call it,” Blunt said. “It’s not a trial in any classic sense. It is a political decision to do it.”

“Five of the so-called jurors are running for president,” he added, referencing a handful of the Democrats in the presidential primary.************************************************************** (**************************************Read More