House Democrats will for the first time vote on impeachment procedures on Thursday. Democrats are aiming to wrap up the impeachment process before the Iowa caucuses in early February. Democrats have insisted they did not need to hold a floor vote to launch the impeachment inquiry itself, despite calls for such a vote from the White House and Republicans. Not as American as apple Pai. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the agency will vote on an order to ban carriers from using federal subsidies to purchase equipment or services from Huawei or ZTE. The concern is that hostile foreign entities could use hidden ‘backdoors’ to our networks to spy on us, steal from us, harm us with malware and viruses, or otherwise exploit our networks.