InProgress: A Weekly reCAP
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Impeached
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On Wednesday, after several hours of bitter debate, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump. Upon that historic moment, CAP's President and CEO Neera Tanden summed up in her statement <[link removed]> both the promise and the peril of the nation's ultimate means for holding the president accountable: This is a solemn day for our country.

There is a simple principle in this country: that nobody is above the law. It's the principle that makes our country actually great. The Constitution applies to everyone: from you and me to the president of the United States. Trump abused the power of the presidency to pressure a foreign country to investigate a political rival-and then sought to cover it up. The law must find this president accountable, and today, the U.S. House of Representatives has done exactly that.

Today, this president is accused of high crimes, abuse of power through bribery and fraud, and obstruction of Congress. We must be clear about the stakes that lie ahead: If Congress does not act, we are inviting Trump to commit crimes again and again-because we know that if this behavior goes unpunished, he will feel unburdened to carry out more of these same malicious and undemocratic behaviors.

These are dark times. We face a president who is lawless. And as the impeachment inquiry moves from the House to the Senate, it is vital that we make clear to our senators that they swore an oath to the Constitution and will swear an oath to do impartial justice in the impeachment trial. At moments like these, when a politician does the bidding of their political leader, they betray the Constitution, their constituents, and the country we all love so dearly.
As we approach the holiday season, the CAP family wishes our readers peace, joy, and togetherness.

We wish the same for the United States of America, and we'll be working harder than ever in 2020 to make that a reality.

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Major Stories This Week

ACA Ruling Hurts Patients
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit's decision in the Texas v. United States health care repeal lawsuit furthers Trump's commitment to putting partisan rhetoric over the livelihoods and health of the American people.
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Improving Infant Health Outcomes
New tools from the CAP Early Childhood team will help advocates and policymakers understand where and for whom the infant health crisis is most severe-and what states are doing to address it.
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Betsy DeVos' Cruel Math
Borrowers from the long-defunct Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute will receive relief based on a deeply flawed formula that makes loan forgiveness mathematically impossible for many of them.
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The TCJA 2 Years Later
Two years after President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, business investment is declining, factory closing and mass layoffs have not ended, wage growth is tepid, and gross domestic product growth is slowing.
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