Mayorkas Impeachment Trial Delayed a Week Amid Partisan Tensions
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House Speaker delayed impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas until next week due to some Republicans' concerns about starting trial same day Senate was departing for the week
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Articles of impeachment will now likely be transmitted on Monday, prompting Senate trial to start Tuesday
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Senate Majority Leader Schumer still plans to move to table or dismiss "absurd" articles, needing only simple majority
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Some Republican senators plan procedural moves to prolong trial and force difficult votes for Democrats
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Democrats criticize "sham" impeachment by Republicans who blocked bipartisan border deal, see it as political attack they can use immigration message in election