Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks about a resolution he says he will introduce condemning the Democratic-controlled House for pursuing a “closed door, illegitimate impeachment inquiry,” during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington,Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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All but three Senate Republicans have now signed Lindsey Graham’s resolution to condemn the House’s impeachment inquiry. The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman sent out an updated list of the resolutions 50 cosponsors Friday.
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35.Rounds
36.Sasse
37.Young
38.Kennedy
39.Hyde-Smith
40.Blackburn
41.Cramer
42.McSally
43.Braun
44.Hawley
45.Scott (FL)
46.Sullivan
47.Portman
48.Isakson
49.Alexander
50.Enzi
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The three names missing from that list include Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Romney has said he is waiting for the House to hold a full vote on impeachment and Murkowski claimed she hasn’t read the resolution yet. Collins has declined to comment.Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, questions witness James Jeffrey special representative for Syria Engagement and special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State during a committee hearing on assessing the impact of Turkey’s offensive in northeast Syria, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman introduced the resolution Thursday to rebuke House Democrats for conducting their impeachment inquiry in secrecy. He has called the process “at its core, un-American.”“What’s going on is a run around the impeachment process, creating a secret proceeding behind closed doors that fundamentally…denies due process,” stated Graham. “When you’re talking about removing the president of the United States, seems to me you’d want to have a process that is consistent with who we are as Americans.”The resolution called for open-door proceedings and aims to provide the president with “fundamental constitutional protections.” Graham pointed out that the right to “due process” was given to former Presidents Clinton and Nixon, but not to President Trump.“I would say if we pulled this, you’d be beating us alive,” stated the senator. “If we had Rudy Giuliani’s opening statement and he said ‘I did nothing wrong,’ I doubt if you would accept that.”Graham has said there’s “a right way and a wrong way” to go about impeachment, but emphasized House Democrats have chosen the “dangerous way to do it.”It remains unclear when the nonbinding resolution will be taken up for a vote.Related: Rep. Gaetz, House GOP Attempt To Storm Into Impeachment Proceedings
