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Barney Frank: “A vote to reappoint this set of managers is a vote for a trial. It is a vote against the efforts to short-circuit it. It…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1999
A vote to reappoint this set of managers is a vote for a trial. It is a vote against the efforts to short-circuit it. It is clearly a statement that the Senate ought to go ahead and call the witnesses. And Members who vote for it have every right to vote for it, but they are not then entitled to go home and talk about how they were really for something different.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of voting to reappoint managers during impeachment trial proceedings.

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