Congressional Record, Issue: Vol. 166, No. 22, February 3, 200

Closing arguments of "both sides" by trial managers were alternately delivered in four hours, excluding the 30-minute lunch break. (errata: No one but the C.J. presided all day!) Mssrs CROW, JEFFRIES, and HUAC Rev. Chairman SCHIFF spoke for the house before counsel CIPPOLONE introduced Mssrs STARR, PURPURA, PHILBIN, and SEKULOW. Video clips punctuated their speech. House managers returned to the balance of time marshaled by LOFGREN, GARCIA, CROW, and JEFFRIES, then finished by HUAC Rev. Chairman SCHIFF's "Midnight in Washington" eulogy.

All said and done, the Chair moved to adjourn the nearly empty chamber.

Mr. McCONNELL. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The CHIEF JUSTICE. The clerk will call the role.
The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Quorum being rescinded, a parade of senators led by MURKOWSKI presented "statements," or opinions, about impeachment articles, trial proceedings, arguments (recorded in sections 6 and 10 of HTML index; entirety in PDF issue).

My understanding, from a tweet by MADDOW which circulated sundry sympathetic and antagonistic innerboob timelines is, he demonstrated unprecedented, of course, oratorical skill--though no comparison to the presumptive master of that discipline, Mr Obama, has yet risen to my attention.

I did ask my left-coast correspondent, the California 'fugee emerita of Hobo House, her sage opinion. It was good, she said. Did he repeat himself? I asked. I don't know, she said, I didn't listen to much of the trial.

some off-side business
UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--PRINTING OF STATEMENTS IN THE RECORD AND PRINTING OF SENATE DOCUMENT OF IMPEACHIMENT PROCEEDINGS--MODIFIED, deadline for printed submissions postponed to 26 Feb 2020