What happens if senators are tied 50-50 on whether to call impeachment witnesses?
WASHINGTON - With increasing prospects of a 50-50 tie on the Friday vote to subpoena witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial, Democrats are considering how they might be able to nudge Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to weigh in on the issue and break the deadlock.
Under normal circumstances, Vice President Mike Pence, as the Senate's presiding officer, would break a tie. But with Roberts overseeing the impeachment trial instead, a constitutional debate has been quietly playing out over whether Roberts could, or
