The Latest: Impeachment Vote Update, 5:30 P.M. Eastern

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🗓️ 18 December 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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The House is expected to vote tonight along party lines to impeach the president. But before that can take place, there must be speeches — lots of them. These speeches are the last chance lawmakers have to get their words in the history books before they cast their ballots. Here’s what they had to say. “The Latest” is a series on the impeachment process, from the team behind “The Daily.” You can find more information about it here.

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0:00.0	The House will proceed to the immediate consideration of House Resolution 755.
0:07.5	The clerk will report the resolution.
0:10.0	House calendar number 61, House Resolution 755, resolved that Donald John Trump, President
0:17.1	of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors in that the following
0:21.5	articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate.
0:26.4	House of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America
0:30.8	in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America against Donald
0:35.2	John Trump, President of the United States of America in maintenance and support of its
0:40.2	impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
0:48.7	This is Nick Vandos, Congressional reporter for The New York Times.
0:51.7	I just stepped out of the House chamber with a debate leading up to Wednesday's impeachment
0:56.0	vote has been going on for about five hours now.
0:59.3	The latest at this moment is that knowing the historical nature of what's going to happen
1:04.3	this evening, knowing the House will vote for only the third time in history to impeach
1:08.4	the president, the Democrats and the Republicans.
1:11.3	This is a matter of protecting the integrity of our democracy for the next generation.
1:16.6	Are going back and forth.
1:17.8	I believe the Democrats are tearing this country apart.
1:21.8	Setting down and essentially trying to cement for the history books.
1:25.1	The reality and urgency of this moment cannot be more consequential to the American democracy.
1:31.0	The way in which they hope that this day and their vote tonight will be remembered.
1:36.2	When the framers granted the House the power to impeach, they feared that it would be abused.
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