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Byron Dorgan: “I was just looking at the Constitution in our Senate manual, and, of course, article III in the Constitution establishes…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 1999
I was just looking at the Constitution in our Senate manual, and, of course, article III in the Constitution establishes the basis for impeachment, and it is simple, direct and provides nothing of the sort that would lead Senators to believe that they can bifurcate the vote in the Senate in an impeachment trial first to findings of fact and have a majority vote on findings of fact and then to move toward a vote on the two articles of impeachment that are currently in front of the Senate.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota
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Discussing the constitutional basis for impeachment during Senate debate.

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