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To: NobleFree
The result of the vote has been entered in the Congressional Record: https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2019/12/18/house-section/article/h12130-1

Those are the minutes of the day’s activity on the floor. It’s not the official passage of the Resolution. Look on the very next page where an Signing of a Bill by the Speaker is recorded. That’s what’s missing in the Articles of Impeachment. They’re not yet “recorded”. At this point, they are just an “In House” resolution, not passed beyond the walls of the House, and because they are completely partisan, they could be merely called an “open partisan caucus” vote, were it not for the “Nay” votes by the Republicans recorded.

25 posted on 12/20/2019 8:25:17 AM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: Swordmaker
Look on the very next page where an Signing of a Bill by the Speaker is recorded. That’s what’s missing in the Articles of Impeachment. They’re not yet “recorded”.

That page doesn't address "recording" but "reporting" and "signing". The existing entries in the Congressional Record show the text of the articles, their passage, and the finalization of the vote. That's enough for Mitch to run with - and if Mad Nan doesn't like it, let her take it to court. I don't think in this day and age "but I didn't sign it" will get far with a Court whose precedent on impeachment is deference to the legislature.

37 posted on 12/20/2019 8:49:04 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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