[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                              Impeachment

  Madam President, House Democrats announced that they are moving to 
impeach President Trump for--in their words--abuse of power. When all 
of this started, Democrats said the President committed a quid pro quo, 
but that didn't poll very well among the American people. At that 
point, the House Democrats switched to an accusation of bribery against 
the President. Maybe that didn't poll well either or maybe they 
discovered that history doesn't support their definition. Finally, they 
settled on abuse of power.
  It is kind of like a Goldilocks impeachment. The ``quid pro quo'' 
bowl was too cold, and the bribery bowl was too hot. But, apparently, 
abuse of power tastes just right, while the American people are 
increasingly getting a bad taste in their mouth about the Democrats' 
partisan impeachment story.