Republicans have at least the 51 votes necessary to start the impeachment trial for President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Jan. 7.
“We have the votes, once the impeachment trial has begun, to pass a resolution essentially the same—very similar—to the 100-to-nothing vote in the Clinton trial, which sets up, as you may recall, what could best be described as maybe a phase one,” McConnell told reporters in Washington.
