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ritchie: during the clinton impeachment, senator byrd described impeachment as a damocles that holdsver each president. each president needs to know they are not above the law. there is a constitutional method for removing them from office. even a federal judge with a lifetime appointment can be removed, and certainly the president of the united states, if they have committed a crime that convinces the majority of the house and two thirds of the senate they are guilty. host: we will look back in history because precedent guides us so much. give us a quick primer on the three presidential impeachments. we will use a video from the first one from a c-span special on the congress. it is the 1868 impeachment of andrew johnson. >> the impeachment trial of andrew johnson was an absolute sensation. it was for that trial that they first issued gallery tickets for the senate chamber. this was the first really public trial that took place. if you look at publications of the day, they are full of wonderful illustrations. delivering articles of the impeachment into johnson's hand. all of the law

we are the sword of damocles when it comes to a president. we are there, hanging there to let him know he can be punished in the senate by virtue of the house having impeached. punished in the sense he'll be removed from office not in the sense he would go to jail. finally this, on the question of war or peace, mr. president, i believe iran has given you an off-ramp. i think you ought to take the off-ramp that is going to lead to deescalation because it also leads to the -- dee escalation because it also leads to the road of piece. choose peace, choose the off ramp that's been given to you and give us an opportunity to move forward with the work of the conindustry. you will still be impeached, however. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: members are refurther reminded to address their remarks to the chair and not perceived viewing audience. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. westerman, for five minutes. mr. westerman: mr. speaker, i rise today to bring attention to the thousands of vietnam war

should future speakers be permitted to conjure up this sword of damocles at will and leave it hanging over the senate unless we do what they say? of course not. this week a majority of the senate stepped forward to make it perfectly clear that this conversation is over. a majority of this body has said definitively that we are not ceding our constitutional authority to the partisan designs of the speaker. we'll not let the house extend its precedent-breaking spree over here to our chamber. there will be no unfair, new rule book written solely for president trump. the basic organization of the first phase of this trial will track with phase one of the clinton trial, which all 100 senators voted for in 1999. i've said for months, that is our preferred route. and, by the way, madam president, that is exactly what the american people want. 77% told a harvard-harris survey that the basic outline of the clinton trial -- reserving the witness question until later in the proceedings -- ought to be good enough for this president as well. fair is fair. in the same survey, 58% of americans said

political hostage situations question mark should future speakers be committed to conjure up this damoclest will and leave it hanging over the senate unless we do what they say? of course not. host: your comments on the withholding of articles of impeachment and reaction from the house speaker and mitch mcconnell. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans and independents, 202-748-8002. you can also text that 202-748-8003. al is up next in ohio, .epublican line caller: this is my opinion. i did not vote for trump or hillary. i am thinking about president trump this time around because i that there is a whistleblower. in the first two years with the meller guy, this convinced this should have been done for. i don't know why we are still talking about it. host: what do you think about the actions of house speaker holding onto the articles? caller: she has been a pain in i have knownsince her. .his is just bipartisan host: democrats line. hi. caller: the speaker is right holding the articles of impeachment. senate leadership has made it clear they have no intentions of calling

someone might think if you say the wrong thing, touch than the wrong way, living with a massive damoclesscated letters, ajulian through all my belongings and confiscated letters, a julian clary video, it is ridiculous when you think about it, and they went through a process of taped interviews. just a very long drawn—out process. interviews. just a very long drawn-out process. you had to effectively go home and tell your pa rents effectively go home and tell your parents who at that stage did not know, you are forced into it. they very kindly sent me on a train from scotla nd very kindly sent me on a train from scotland which was where i was down to where my parents were to not only have to tell them that i was being thrown out of the services but also have to come out as gay. i vividly remember that day. i actually can't talk about it without getting a bit emotional but i am very lucky both my parents were incredibly supportive and always have been and a lwa ys supportive and always have been and always will be. although that was a terrible thing to go through, ijust count myself very l