{"id":46274,"date":"2020-01-17T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T16:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/17\/impeachment-trial-will-disrupt-some-hill-work-on-defense-veterans-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:52:33","slug":"impeachment-trial-will-disrupt-some-hill-work-on-defense-veterans-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/01\/17\/impeachment-trial-will-disrupt-some-hill-work-on-defense-veterans-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment trial will disrupt some Hill work on defense, veterans issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/01\/13\/this-week-in-congress-senate-impeachment-trial-coming-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate impeachment proceedings<\/a> don\u2019t directly involve defense and veterans policy work on Capitol Hill, but chamber leaders are warning that work on those issues will be disrupted somewhat by the demands of the historic trial over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That includes earlier committee hearings and delays in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/12\/18\/top-defense-exports-official-exits-the-pentagon-amid-multiple-recent-resignations\/\" target=_blank>some nomination and legislative work<\/a> until early February, if not longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled the broad outlines of the trial procedures, set to begin on Jan. 21. It\u2019s unclear how long the trial will last, but most lawmakers are planning for at least two weeks of arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/20\/top-defense-official-offers-continued-support-for-army-officer-linked-to-trump-impeachment-efforts\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19323721671960.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Top defense official offers continued support for Army officer linked to Trump impeachment efforts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist said military officials will support and protect whistleblowers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senators will be required to be present in the chamber starting at 1 p.m. until the end of proceedings for the day, effectively wiping out all other planned afternoon work for the duration of the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, several committee chairmen have already begun rescheduling planned hearings for earlier in the morning, in an effort to keep operations as normal as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said his hope is to \u201cfulfilling the committee&#8217;s oversight and nomination responsibilities throughout the impeachment process as we are able.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Senate rules, certain nominations and legislative votes cannot occur while the trial takes place. This week the committee held a confirmation hearing for James McPherson to be the next undersecretary of the Army and Charles Williams to be assistant secretary of the Navy for installations. Those nominations may have to wait several weeks to be cleared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee Chairman Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said he is hoping to continue meetings with veterans advocates and discussions with fellow committee members as much as possible during the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we have formed up our agenda sufficiently in ways that I don\u2019t expect significant alterations in our plans,\u201d he said. \u201cOur first mark-up now won\u2019t be scheduled in the afternoon, it\u2019ll be scheduled in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope that it\u2019s not just true of (the veterans committee), but that we all can pursue our normal work when not in session in the afternoons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. and ranking member on the Armed Services Committee, and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said they don\u2019t anticipate any real disruption for other chamber business because of the impeachment work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One lingering piece of legislation that Democrats are hoping can be brought to the Senate floor in between trial proceedings is a new bipartisan war powers resolution authored by Sen. 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