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Democrats weigh formal impeachment vote as probe quickens By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are gauging support for a vote to formally authorize the impeachment inquiry as another official testified Tuesday in the deepening probe of President Donald Trump's efforts to have Ukraine investigate Joe Biden. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to meet privately with Democratic lawmakers later Tuesday to survey attitudes about a possible vote, according to people granted anonymity to discuss the planning. She told reporters she'd have more to say "later," after the evening meeting with House colleagues. Trump, who calls the impeachment inquiry an "illegitimate process," has pressured Pelosi to take a formal vote. Republicans want to test politically vulnerable Democrats with a roll call that could be difficult in areas where Trump remains popular. But Pelosi has so far resisted, saying Con-

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent, center, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, as he is scheduled to testify before congressional lawmakers as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Associated Press

gress is well within its power to conduct oversight of the executive branch as part of the Constitution's system

of checks and balances, and no vote is needed. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell opened

the chamber on Tuesday suggesting Democrats were trying to “cancel out” Trump’s election with the

march toward impeachment. Continued on Page 4


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