Dec 23, 2019
Merry Christmas from The Heritage Foundation! We are bringing you all the analysis you need before the holiday. Last week, President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives. What does that mean for the president going forward? Heritage legal expert John Malcolm explains. We also saw some positive movement on our trade deal with Mexico and Canada and the National Defense Authorization Act. Find out how they will benefit America. In the United Kingdom, our friends across the pond handed conservatives a decisive victory in their general election, signaling a major rebuke to the socialist Labour Party. Find out what this election means for Brexit, a potential U.S.-U.K. trade deal, and our special relationship.

In a segment that aired Friday related to the federal government’s role in regulating Big Tech, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made several false, outrageous, and unfounded accusations against The Heritage Foundation. Here’s our response <[link removed]>. Lastly, The Daily Signal, your source for conservative news and commentary, would like to thank you for your readership in 2019, and invite you to help us make 2020 an even better year.
President Trump Is Impeached. So What Happens Next? <[link removed]>
President Donald Trump became the third U.S. president in history to be impeached last week, but what exactly does that mean moving forward? According to Heritage legal expert John Malcom, not much. “The matter will now move over to the Senate for a trial, expected to begin in early January. The vote to impeach President Trump in the House was as inevitable as his acquittal will be in the Senate. It will require a vote of two-thirds of those senators who are present—67 if all 100 senators vote—to remove Trump from office. Assuming that all 45 Democrats and both independents vote to convict, they will still need at least 20 Republican senators to join them in order to remove Trump from office. This will not happen,” writes Malcolm, who leads Heritage’s Institute for Constitutional Government and is our Ed Gilbertson and Sherry Lindberg Gilbertson senior legal fellow. Read Malcolm’s take on the impeachment of Trump <[link removed]>. If you’re curious or unclear about any aspect of impeachment—what it is, how it works, what it’s meant for, or what’s happening with it now—check out Heritage’s collection of impeachment analysis and information <[link removed]>.
Trump Notches Wins on Trade and U.S. Military <[link removed]>
The U.S. House voted, 385-41, last week to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. While compromises were made in order to pass trade agreement, USMCA is expected to boost the economy and help American businesses. Heritage President Kay C. James writes that “USMCA means freer trade, and freer trade means billions of dollars in new economic activity, new jobs, higher wages, and lower prices for the American people and for our North American neighbors.” Meanwhile, the National Defense Authorization Act finally cleared both houses of Congress. It represents a big step forward in rebuilding our nation’s military strength. “The 2020 NDAA shows that there is a robust bipartisan commitment to a strong national defense,” writes Heritage policy analyst Frederico Bartels. Read more about how the USMCA <[link removed]> and the NDAA <[link removed]> will ultimately benefit our country.
U.K. Conservatives Topple Socialists in Landslide Victory <[link removed]>
Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party scored a major victory in the United Kingdom’s general election, ensuring that the country will move forward with Brexit and free itself from the European Union. This election sends a clear message to Britain’s elite that the voice of the people, which has rejected the isolationism and anti-Semitism of the Labour Party, will not be ignored. “The British people voted for Brexit in 2016. They want to be freed of the shackles of the European Union. They want to take back control of their country and they have done so emphatically with this general election result. So I think it was a tremendous result for the British people and it means that Britain will be truly a free nation in just a few weeks’ time,” says Heritage expert Nile Gardiner, director of Heritage's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and the Bernard and Barbara Lomas fellow. Watch Gardiner explain what this victory means for the British and the rest of the free world <[link removed]>.
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HAPPENING AT HERITAGE
As the House of Representatives was debating President Trump’s impeachment, Sen. Ted Cruz sat down with John Malcolm, vice president of Heritage’s Institute for Constitutional Government and Ed Gilbertson and Sherry Lindberg Gilbertson senior legal fellow, for a candid conversation about the impeachment hearings. Watch this must-see event <[link removed]>.
In last week’s email, we shared Heritage Executive Vice President Kim Holmes’ essay on nationalism. You can now read other commentary on this issue or view Heritage’s recent event on the problem of nationalism. Check out the collection <[link removed]>.
Less than a month after its launch, Heritage’s Edwin J. Feulner Institute is off to an impressive start in its mission to safeguard the truth of the American creed and to demonstrate its validity and relevance to citizens across the county. Learn about the Institute's latest meeting with the El Pomar Foundation in Colorado Springs, Colorado <[link removed]>.
Heritage President Kay C. James discussed the need to remove politics in order to forge positive solutions for Americans on NPR’s “1A.” Listen to the interview <[link removed]>.
HERITAGE PODCASTS
This week on “Heritage Explains,” Thomas Jipping, deputy director of Heritage’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and senior legal fellow, explains what happens next in the Senate now that the House has voted to impeach President Trump. Listen to the podcast <[link removed]>.
On “Millennial Myths,” host Tiffany Roberts talks to Charmaine Yoest, vice president of Heritage’s Institute for Family, Community and Opportunity, about a fail-proof way for young Americans to live a successful life. Listen to the podcast <[link removed]>.
In a bonus episode of “SCOTUS 101,” host Elizabeth Slattery chats with law professor Jack Goldsmith about his effort to clear the name of his step-father, Chuckie O'Brien, who was once a leading suspect in union boss Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance. Listen to the podcast <[link removed]>.
HERITAGE IN THE NEWS
Here are highlights from media outlets like Fox News, Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNN and more featuring Heritage experts. This week, they touched on hot topics like impeachment, media bias, Brexit, election integrity, and trade. Watch the video <[link removed]>.
POLICY PICTURE
The Washington Post recently published a commentary making the false claim that education spending has declined since the 1980s. Heritage experts, using research from their new book, “The Not-So-Great Society <[link removed]>,” quickly pointed out on Twitter and other media outlets that this was factually incorrect. Our efforts prompted The Washington Post to admit it was wrong and make a correction <[link removed]>.

Do you trust the media? Email us at [email protected] <[link removed]>.

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