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President Trump on Monday urged House Democrats to join Republicans in voting for a long-shot resolution to censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).

"Censure (at least) Corrupt Adam Schiff! After what he got caught doing, any pol who does not so vote cannot be honest....are you listening Dems?" Trump tweeted ahead of the planned Monday vote.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is seeking details from the acting Director of National Intelligence and the intelligence community inspector general about efforts to protect the whistleblower who provided information about the conversation between President Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine.

PHOENIX – U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., failed Monday to push through a vote to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., over his handling of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

Last month, Biggs introduced the measure to censure Schiff over comments he made during a hearing he oversaw in his role as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

Biggs, who represents the East Valley, recruited 184 cosponsors for the motion, which was postponed Monday by a 218-185 vote across party lines.

When Donald Trump was running for president, he campaigned on ending endless wars and bringing members of the American military home. Last week he ordered the few special operations forces on the Syria-Turkey border to withdraw and has drawn heavily criticism from the Washington bubble for "abandoning our allies" – the Kurds.

Earlier this week, Rep. Denny Heck, a Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, told reporters that Republicans "are darn lucky these [hearings/depositions] weren't public."

Implication: The information coming out is horrifically damaging to President Trump.

Reality: If the information was truly damaging to Trump, Democrats would hold open hearings and would have already released transcripts of the testimonies.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs will delay the vote on his resolution to censure Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff in light of Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings‘ passing until next week.

Mr. Biggs, Arizona Republican, formally introduced his resolution — which has at least 170 Republican cosponsors — on Wednesday, which would allow the minority party to force a vote by Thursday.

Out of respect for the passing of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) today, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) announced that he will postpone the required vote on his motion to condemn and censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-MA).

Republicans are seeking to put off for a few days their effort to censure House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) following the death of longtime Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the head of the powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee.