On behalf of the power pocket of moderates, she asked: Will President Donald Trump assure the American public that private citizens won’t conduct foreign policy unless the State Department requests it? The query referred to the president’s private lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, pressuring Ukraine to give Trump political help. Collins said late Thursday she would support a vote for witnesses, but that may fall short after Alexander’s statement. Sinema has said almost nothing publicly about whether she would vote for witnesses, let alone her final judgement. Every night after adjournment, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s vote-counting team chats up Collins and Murkowski.

Source: thestar January 31, 2020 00:33 UTC