article to the senate vote on the motion to adjourn the court of impeachment. finally there be up to four minutes for debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees prior to each roll call votes all without intervening action or debate. >> is an objection? >> madam president for. >> reserving my right to object. to dismiss or table articles of impeachment againstst secretary mayorkas without a trial is an unprecedented move bite senator schumer. never before in the history of our republic has the senate dismissed or table articles of impeachment when the impeached individual was alive and had not resigned. senator schumer said in 2020 quote a fair trial has witnesses, a fair trial has well documented asof part of the recd affair trout seeks the truth. nothing more, nothing less i will not assist to senator senator schumerin setting our cn

ablaze and bulldozing 200 years of precedent. therefore i objected. >> madam president park objection is heard. >> madam president i raise the point ofde order that impeachmet article one does not allege conductt that rises to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor as required under article two section four of the united states constitution t. and is therefore unconstitutional. >> under the precedents and practices of the senate the chair has no power or authority to pass on such a point of order by the chair therefore under the precedence of the senate submits the question to the senate is the point of order will taken? the republican leader is recognized. the clerk will call the rule. >> 's quorum calls continues in the impeachment trial of alejandro mayorkas we are waiting for saturday to speak.

you are hearing the roll call of the names of united states senators as they go through this quorum call. even though there is obviously a floor due to earlier production of the impeachment trial as we await a member of the senate to speak we are going to talk with the hilt newspaper watching this as well. alex joining us on the phone. good afternoon. explain week where we are and why this is a quorum call despite will be heard from senator schumer not too long ago? >> and basically to buy time on the senate floor so republican senators can figure out how to respond to schumer's move right here. schumer is raising a points of f order the first articles of impeachment is unconstitutional. because it does not allege a

high crime or misdemeanor that the standards set by the constitution. patty murray as you just showed says she does not have the power to decide that question she's going to ask for the t senate to vote whether schumer's point of order is invalid. the senate votes to sustain point of order it effectively dismisses she first articles of impeachment. then schumer will report as a point of order a similar point of order gives the second article of impeachment. if that sustained by separate votes, both s the chargers wille dismiss the senate trial will be effectively over. >> this could essentially become a speedier trial than what senator schumer was offering in the original statement he made? >> what schumer offered was to set aside debate time to give republicans an opportunity to to vote on trout resolution sponsored by michael lee and ted cruz to basically either hold a

full senate trial or referred to a special committee. as you saw on the floor freshman senator schmidtch of missouri objected to that unanimous consent agreement. so because of that there is no structure for the trial and schumer is moving ahead with a point of order basically to declare the articles of impeachment unconstitutional. boarding is interesting schumer is raising a point of order to dismiss the charges are by doing so republicans do not have an opportunity to own their own points of order he is preempting them here so they really cannot do much in the way of protest or drag the proceedings out if in fact the point of order is sustained. >> our point of order is a simple majority vote in the senate. >> yes under senate impeachment rules all matters are decided by majority vote except for conviction or acquittal. as you know that requires two thirds to convict or remove a

federal officer from office for. >> coming back to eric schmitt objection was not expected do youas know? >> it been trying to work out a deal on debate and voting on trout resolutions since yesterday. it looks like almost everyone was on board except for schmidt. schmidt told reporters downstairs shortly before the boat he would notot agree. at the time he objected it was not a surprise but that was something revealed by schmidt only a short time before he objected. >> as you know the cameras controlled by the senate. we have a high shot of the dais here. did you get a sense of what the reaction was to schmidt's objectionbj and chuck schumer's response in offering this motion in response to that objection? >> from our colleague he was in the chamber sent met some color

and set after that happened senators administered to huddle and figure out next steps was a huddle on the flexion senate republican whip john thune, ted cruz, mike lee, jon kennedy macconnell chief of staff. john cornyn who is hoping to become the next majority republican leader was part of those conversations. there was certainly some frenzied huddling on the floor. so in the meantime jon tester jr who is a critical boat ran over and snapped a bag of peanut m&ms at a cory booker's desk but some of the floor activity. thee outcome is a foregone conclusion is not going to be a senate trial. i think senators are waiting for this to be over with. >> hill.com is read go to read alex bolton's reporting about of his colleagues but always great color in the hill. thanks for filling us in. >> thanks for having me on.

mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker. mr. wyden.

mr. young. a quorum is present. the senate is considering the point of order presented by the majority leader. >> a senator from texas. >> madam president rise to make a motion. the majority leader has argued the secretary mayorkas defiance of federal immigration law and activating and abetting of the worst criminal invasion and our nation's history does not constitute a high crime or misdemeanor. he has presented no argument on that question parties presented

no briefing on that question in the position is directly contrary to the constitution, to the original understand the constitution of the time it was ratified. and to the explicit position of the biden department of justice has argued before the supreme court of the united states. the majority leader's position is asking members of this senate to vote on political expediency to avoid listening to arguments the only rational way to resolve this question is to actually debate it to consider the constitution and consider the law. >> the senator will recognize the senate is in a non- debatable position at the center has a right to offer his point of order. or his emotion but we are and eight non- debatable position because my motion is to change that. so that we can actually debate the law senators can't with the constitution and law says i therefore move the senate proceed to close session to g allow for deliberation on the question as required by

impeachment rule 24. >> madam president for. >> majority leader progress in our previous consent request we gavet your side a chance for debates in public where it should be. your side objected. we are moving forward. >> the question is on the motion. >> asked for that yeas and nays is there sufficient second? there is a second to the clerk will call the roll. >> ms. baldwin, mr. barrasso, mr. bennet, mrs. blackburn, mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun, mrs. britt, mr. brown, mr. bud,

ms. beutler, ms. cantwell. mr. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper, mr. casey, mr. cassidy, ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, ms. duckworth, mr. durbin, ms. ernst,al mr. fetterman mrs. fischer, mrs. jill the brand, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan,

mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, mr. ono, mr. hoeven, ms. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, district kennedy, mr. ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall,. >> we are currently in a roll call vote. voting on senator ted cruz republican of texas his emotion to proceed to a close session to considersi senate majority leadr

chuck schumer's motion the impeachment articles are unconstitutional deciding whether to go to close session and after that we expect senate majority leader chuck schumer to continue with his push to make this a speedy trial. we are here on cspan2 watching live. >> mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schatz, mr. schmidt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mrs. sinema, mrs. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. thune,

mr. tillis, mr. tober bill, mr. ben holland, mr. vance, mr. warnock, mr. warren, mr. welch, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young.

the 49 motion is not agreed to.

the pending order as the motion made by the majority leader onor the point of order. >> madam president herbert sender from louisiana. >> madam president i have a motion might motion take precedent having heard center schumer's serious allegations which in my judgment about the constitutionality of these impeachment proceedings we find ourselves in the awkward position because we are in impeachment proceedings of being able -- unable to discuss in public the merits of senator schumer's claim. and at the same time my rademocratic friends have refusd to go into closed session so we can discuss it. for that reason madam president i move we adjourn this court of

impeachment immediately until n 12:00 o'clock noon on tuesday april 30 in the ask for that yeas and days. is there sufficient second? >> there is a sufficient second the clerk will call the s roll. >> ms. baldwin, mr. barrasso, mr. bennet, mrs. blackburn, mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun, mrs. britt, mr. brown, mr. budd, miss beutler, miss cantwell, mrs. capito, mr. cardin, mr. carper, mr. casey,

mr. cassidy, ms. collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn, ms. cortez masco, mr. cotton mr. cramer, mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, miss duckworth, mr. durbin, ms. ernst, mr. fetterman, mrs. fischer, mrs. gillibrand, mr. graham, mr, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. hirono, mr. hoeven,

mrs. hyde smith, mr. johnson, mr. kaine, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, ms. klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr, mr. moran, mr. mullin, mrs. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs,

mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. peters, mr. reed, mr. ricketts, mr. risch, mr. romney, mr. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schatz, mr. schmitt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen, mrs. sinema, ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. tuberville, mr.

van hollen, mr. vance, mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young,

>> waiting for the final vote count of the motion by senator jon kennedy the republican of louisiana to adjourn the impeachment trial for nearly two weeks until april 30 at noon. an effort to possibly prolong these proceedings. a motion by senator 10 ted cruz the republican to proceed to a close session to debate options today it was defeated just a few minutes ago. fifty-one -- 49 along party lines. we are waiting for the vote count here on this latest admonition by senator jonio kennedy live coverage here on cspan2.

on this vote the yeas or 49 the

nays a. >> is recognized. the senate swore an oath to do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws of our country. we swore to discharge a duty that is quite different from our formal work as a court of impeachment we are called not to speak, not to debate but to listen. both to the case against the accused and to his defense. at this point any trial in the country the prosecution presents the evidence of the case the council for the defense does the same the jury remains a silent as it listens.

this is what our rules require of us as well. the sentence of the opportunity to perform this duty the senate will not hear the house and managers present the details of their case against secretary mayorkas. that key willingly neglected the duties of his office and he lied to congress about the extent of that failure. likewise we will not hear the secretary's representatives present the vigorous defense to which she is entitled. our colleagues know we are obligated to take these proceedings seriously. this is what our oath prescribes it is what the history and precedent require and i would urge each of our colleagues to consider this is what the framers actually envisioned. the power of impeachment is one of the most delicate balance is our constitutional strikes of

the american people sovereign electoral authority to purchase as a safeguard against malpractice and it gives the senate the power and the duty to decide. this process must not be abused. that must not be short-circuited. history will not judge this a moment well. therefore i move to table the point of order and asked for the yeas and nays is there a sufficient second the clerk will call the roll. >> missa baldwin, mr. barrasso, mr. bennet, mrs. blackburn, mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun,

mrs. britt, mr. brown, mr. budd, mrs. beutler, ms. cantwell, mrs, mr. carper, mr. casey, mr. cassidy, collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn, ms. cortez amassed out, mr. cotton, mr. cramer, mr, miss it duckworth, mr. durbin, ms. ernst, mr. fetterman, mrs. fischer, mrs. gillibrand,

mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. hirono, mr. hoeven, mrs. hyde smith, mr, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, miss klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, miss lummis, mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr,

mr. moran, mr. mullin, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray, mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. peters, mr. reed, mr. ricketts, mr. risch, mr. romney, mr. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schott, mr. schmitt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina. ms. shaheen, sinema, ms. smith,

ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. tuberville, mr. van hollen, mr. vance, mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. >> roll call votes on senate minority leader mcconnell's motion to table senator chuck schumer constitutional point of order.

you'll recall senate majority's leaders point of order was article one of the impeachment articles against alejandro mayorkas was unconstitutional because no high crimes or misdemeanors were alleged. that is the vote democrats are trying to get too. this is the third motion by senate republicans to try to either delay that vote or go into a closed session or delay the trial to allow more debate. senators cannot debate as they are sitting at a court of impeachment. and so here we are watching these various emotions by the two so far been defeated on a party line vote we are awaiting results of this latest approach. again senate minority leader mitch mcconnell motion to table senator chuck schumer's point of order when it comes to the impeachment.

live coverage oner cspan2. >> yeas or 49 nays r51 the motion to table is not a great o pay the motion before the senate's point of order the question is whether the point of order is well taken. is there a sufficient second? there is the clerk will call the roll. >> mrs. baldwin, mr. barrasso, mr. bennet, mrs. blackburn,. >> is she say no? what's mr. blumenthal. mr. booker, mr. boozman, mr. braun, mrs. britt,

mr. brown, mr. budd, mrs. butler, ms. cantwell, mrs. capito, mr. cardin, mr. carper, mr. casey, mr. cassidy, ms. collins, mr. coons, mr. cornyn, ms. cortez masco, mr. cotton, mr. crapo, mr. cruz, mr. daines, mrs. duckworth mr. durbin, ms. ernst, mr. fetterman, mrs.

fischer, mr. gillibrand, mr. graham, mr. grassley, mr. hagerty, ms. hassan, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, mr. hickenlooper, ms. hirono, mr. hoeven, mrs. hyde smith, mr, mr. kelly, mr. kennedy, mr. king, miss klobuchar, mr. lankford, mr. lee, mr. lujan, miss lummis,

mr. manchin, mr. markey, mr. marshall, mr. mcconnell, mr, mr. moran, mr. mullin, ms. murkowski, mr. murphy, mrs. murray, mr. ossoff, mr. padilla, mr. paul, mr. peters, mr. reed, mr. ricketts, mr. risch,

mr. romney, ms. rosen, mr. rounds, mr. rubio, mr. sanders, mr. schatz, mr. schmitt, mr. schumer, mr. scott of florida, mr. scott of south carolina, mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. tuberville,

mr. van hollen, mr. vance, mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young.

chuck schumer's original point of order, the article one per alejandro mayorkas it's unconstitutional saying no high crimes or misdemeanors were alleged in that article. reminder that article about alejandro mayorkas to comply and systemically not upholding of the nation's immigration law. that's what is being voted on now if that is the same against article one of the impeachment against alejandro mayorkas on the two-partas impeachment and

articles the previous votes that have been held to try to delay this trial were to defeat chuck schumer's point of order have all been defeated on partyline votes. we will see what happens in a few minutes. live c coverage here on c-span2.

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