A capital as partisan as Washington does not need an issue of substance to divide it. A matter of process will do. The resolution that passed the House of Representatives last week was a case in point. It did not seek to impeach Donald Trump for pressing Ukraine to investigate a political rival. It did not even frame what the articles of impeachment against the president might be. Rather, it set out how Congress would proceed with its inquiry. It dealt with rules rather than content.
像华盛顿这样党派分明的首都，要使分裂它不需要用到实质性的问题——一个流程问题就可以了。众议院上周通过的决议就是一个很好的例子。该决议并未寻求弹劾唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)——理由是他向乌克兰施压，要求其调查自己的一位政治对手。它甚至没有提到可能会以什么条款弹劾总统。相反，它只阐述了国会将如何进行调查。它针对的是规则，而不是内容。
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