Political Quotes

“I send a question to the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is from the Senator from Florida, and it is to both sides. The clerk will read the question. The House managers will go first for the first 2\1/2\ minutes. The legislative clerk read as follows: Voting to convict the former President would create a new precedent that a former official can be convicted and disqualified by the Senate. Therefore, is it not true that under this new precedent, a future House, facing partisan pressure to ``Lock her up,'' could impeach a former Secretary of State and a future Senate be forced to put her on trial and potentially disqualify from any future office? The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The House managers go first. Mr. Manager RASKIN. Mr. President, Senators, three quick points here. First of all, I don't know how many times I can say it. The jurisdictional issue is over. It is gone. The Senate settled it. The Senate entertained jurisdiction exactly the way it has done since the very beginning of the Republic in the Blount case, in the Belknap case, and you will remember, both of them, former officials. In this case, we have a President who committed his crimes against the Republic while he was in office. He was impeached by the House of Representatives while he was in office.…”