Impeachment’s Inevitability Problem

All 17 Republicans voted no. The vote was a formal but long-foreseen conclusion to the 14-hour freewheeling and sharp-edged debate that ended late last night, when Chairman Jerry Nadler abruptly adjourned the committee’s meeting over protests from Republicans who were trying to force Democrats to vote on impeachment in the dark of night. The marathon committee debate was likely Republicans’ last, best chance to try to disrupt, if not derail, the impeachment push.