Fifty U.S. senators have signed onto a resolution condemning the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Friday.
On Thursday, Graham said he was introducing a resolution into the Senate that is critical of the way House Democrats are conducting the investigation while calling for the lower body of Congress to hold a formal vote. During a press conference, Graham said there were 41 senators who were signing onto the measure.
Now, there are 50 co-sponsors, he confirmed on Twitter.
In order to pass, the resolution would need at least 60 votes in the Senate.
Three Republicans have not signed onto the measure, and they are Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
Recently, Collins indicated that the impeachment process is problematic.
The House’s conduct is “entirely inappropriate” and Democrats have already “made up their minds,” Collins said, The Hill reported.
“What’s going on is a run around of the impeachment process … that fundamentally” ignores due process under the law, he said. “It’s a danger to the future of the presidency,” he added.
Graham criticized the secretive nature of the inquiry, adding that in past impeachment inquiries, a president was allowed due process and the right to face one’s accuser.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) previously said that a formal vote on the inquiry is not required.
