Impeachment vs Campaigning vs Gov't Shutdown

For John, BLUF:  I thought the Speaker was more clever than this.  But, then, I thought this was really about driving Former VEEP Biden out of the race.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Link to the Tweets

On Twitter, Mr Ben Domenech, 29 October 2019.

Here is the Twitter thread:

Ben Domenech
@bdomenech · Oct 29
Expectations on both sides of Capitol Hill now moving toward a House impeachment vote not even happening until January, guaranteeing Senators running for president will be pulled from the trail in month before voting begins.

Ben Domenech
@bdomenech
Needless to say, this irks campaign staff, who wish things would accelerate.  The possibility of Warren, Sanders, Harris, Booker, and Klobuchar unable to campaign right before Iowa while Biden and Buttigieg are free to do so is not sitting well.
10:42 AM · Oct 29, 2019·Twitter for Android

Ben Domenech
@bdomenech

Oct 29
Replying to
@bdomenech
The conventional wisdom of a vote by Thanksgiving having evaporated, now there's worry that the House is spending far too much time behind closed doors, drawing things out. That's as much of a factor in the Pelosi shift to a process vote as GOP pressure, I'm told.

Then there is the question of passing the Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2020, which started on 1 October of 2019.  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was today whinging about President Trump delaying approval of the Federal Budget to delay Impeachment proceedings.  It is just as likely the Democrats will use the Impeachment proceedings as a way of trying to force unwanted spending onto the President.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff