Sentence examples for senate trial from inspiring English sources

In 1999, when the then vice-president Al Gore declined to take part in the senate trial of President Bill Clinton, Thurmond, as the most senior senator of the majority, Republican, party, took over in his role of president pro-tem.

The impeachment process against Rousseff began to gather steam at the end of 2015 and led to her suspension from the presidency in May pending the senate trial that began last week.

December 29 , 1998With continuing uncertainty over the length and form of the Senate trial against President Clinton, Republican senators offer Mr Clinton the possibility of a fast-track hearing lasting only a few days if Mr Clinton accepts the evidence against him.

But the president's fellow Arkansan, the former senator Dale Bumpers, who vigorously defended Clinton during the Senate trial, said the whole thing made no sense until you remembered what the president was accused of lying about.

A Senate trial was expected to begin next month.

The Senate trial was exhaustive and obviates further legal action.

If the full House impeaches him, the case would go to a Senate trial.

The judge's Senate trial ended in September after five days of arguments from House lawmakers and Mr. Porteous's legal team.

Only 73 votes are needed there to force a Senate trial, and 99 House members have already endorsed impeachment.

So great was his agonizing that when he described some of it during the Senate trial, he broke into tears.

If the House votes to impeach Mr. Rowland, a Senate trial will begin as early as July.