I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Tuesday, April 9th.

Here are today's headlines. In an unexpected change this afternoon, Fox News reports that Republican senators were able

to convince House Speaker Mike Johnson to delay the delivery of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary

Alejandro Mayorkis. The articles were expected to be delivered to the Senate tomorrow.

But there were concerns that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was going to dismiss the articles right away and table the trial.

A spokesperson for Johnson told Fox News Digital today that to ensure the Senate has adequate time to reform its constitutional

duty, the House will transmit the Articles of impeachment to the Senate next week.

There is no reason whatsoever for the Senate to

abdicate its responsibility to hold an impeachment trial. And further

understanding why the delay, Fox reports that the benefit of the delay for Republicans

is allowing the articles of impeachment against Mayorkis more time for debate without the pressure

of the approaching weekend.

You'll remember that two months ago the House voted to impeach Mayorkis.

I actually sat down with Republican Senator Roger Marshall to discuss the articles of impeachment and what to expect in the Senate when they do receive those articles.

And he confirmed that at least as of right now it looks like Schumer is expected to table the articles. I ask him if this had ever happened

before and this is what he said.

This has never happened before. There's been 21 impeachment trials over on the house side.

Four of those, the person died.

They resigned, but 17 of them

had still had the person in office

when those impeachment articles were delivered.

And every one of those was followed through with the trial.

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