a simple majority is more than ½ the body
a ⅔ majority is just ⅔ of the body, more is not required
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2 out of 4 total impeachments in history.
Winning!!
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Yep, this is right. So really the requirement for 67 senators to approve a 2/3rds majority measure (also, e.g., overriding a veto) only comes of 100 not being divisible by 3. With 102 senators, the threshold is simply 68.
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I do not believe 68/34 is equally divided. 50/50 is, or if a couple people are missing, so 49/49, 48/48, etc.
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And it appears he’ll set a high water mark for the number of votes for removal each and every time! (Johnson was 35 to remove, Clinton 45, Trump 47/48.)
Though to be fair in Andrew Johnson’s day the total number of Senators was lower and he did come within a vote of removal.
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“You can’t fire me, I quit”
Nixon was never impeached, he quit first.
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Trump has a week left. Plenty of time for a hat trick, if he incites another riot, or steals the White House silverware when he leaves.
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I think McConnell (surprisingly) being in favor of conviction is waiting for the new Senators to be seated to increase the odds of it happening.
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Doh! Corrected on my correction. 
You right.
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I need one of these papers.
He will go down in history as…Just going down.
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It would be easy for them to claim a COVID exposure and need to quarantine.
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He’s now a repeach offender.
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50% of all impeachments! Most bipartisan impeachment in history.
Also:
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Finally!
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Say her name!
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Here is hoping for a political stunt that 24 or so Trump “loyal” Republicans don’t show up for the vote saying it’s a farce giving the 50 Democratic votes the 2/3 majority.
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Probably not. The Chief Justice, not the VP, presides over the impeachment trial in the Senate.
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