Pressure grows on House GOP leaders to hold line ahead of impeachment trial
By Alexander Bolton - 12/03/19 06:00 AM EST
Senate Republicans say GOP unity during the upcoming House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings will be critical to setting the tone ahead of a likely Senate trial.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said if House Republicans unanimously vote against impeachment, that would make it “less likely any senator would jump ship.â€
One senior GOP senator said that if House Republicans stay unified against articles of impeachment, the Senate Republican Conference will do the same.
“As long as no House Republicans vote for the articles of impeachment, I don’t expect any [GOP] senators to,†the senior senator said.
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