This week marked the end of the public impeachment inquiry hearings. Now, things move to the House Judiciary Committee and then, potentially, formal Articles of Impeachment. But the debate on the Sunday morning political shows was still very much bifurcated: there was the argument between the substance of the case, which Democrats wanted to focus on—and the process, which the Republicans leaned on. This week, we explore each in turn. And, we introduce a new segment called: Why It Matters—where we try to fill in the gap and suggest some reasons why the week’s topics of discussion matter outside of Washington.

Chapters

• Introduction

• Highlight/Lowlight

• The Substance Argument

• The Process Argument

• Why It Matters

• Show Rankings

• Closing

Shows discussed 

• Face the Nation on CBS

• State of the Union on CNN

• Fox News Sunday on FOX

• This Week on ABC

• Meet the Press on NBC

At least 13 Ukrainian soldiers were killed while President Donald Trump's administration was withholding military aid from the country from mid-July to mid-September.  https://www.newsweek.com/thriteen-ukrainian-soldiers-killed-trump-aid-withheld-1463128 

The Comey letter cost Hillary the election—according to an extensive analysis by FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver.  https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-comey-letter-probably-cost-clinton-the-election/ 

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