[Wonder Warthog]

"We don’t have to wait for the Democrats to walk some piece of parchment up the senate steps and lay it before the clerk as if it were Holy Writ."

Actually we do. Without the formal paperwork, "impeachment" simply does not exist as far as the Senate is concerned. What was shown on television is irrelevant.

[Tallguy]

“Actually we do. Without the formal paperwork, “impeachment” simply does not exist as far as the Senate is concerned.”

So then the House Democrats can create an ‘impeachment investigation’ and dress it up like an impeachment without regard to ANY recognized rules, but Senate Republicans have to adhere to what was done the last time (Clinton). Sorry, that’s playing their game. If they issue a fake impeachment and then sit on it, we can & should throw it right back at them without waiting. Give them a deadline to submit or we vote to dismiss.