From Axios.com: 1 big thing: The impeachment train is nearing the station Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images House Democrats took a key step today toward a 2019 impeachment of President Trump, while Senate Republicans are increasingly showing their hand on how they’ll handle the media ahead of a trial in 2020. The big picture: This signals an urgency to wrap up impeachment by the end of this year, Axios' Jonathan Swan tells me. The more it bleeds into 2020 voting, the tougher the sell for Democrats, Republican officials say. Now on Amazon and Kindle. 30 pages, illustrated, $3.95. Click here. Just today: Democrats will vote this week to formalize impeachment proceedings, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. As Politico's Jake Sherman noted , this is basically a proxy vote for a formal impeachment authorization. Democrats will skip going to court in order to get Trump witnesses to testify, and just assume their guilt instead, House In
