Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) holds a press conference about the House impeachment inquiry process, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 24, 2019. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)

Graham Says Senate Resolution Condemning Impeachment Inquiry Has 50 Co-Sponsors

Fifty U.S. senators have signed onto a resolution condemning the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Friday.

On Thursday, Graham said he was introducing a resolution into the Senate that is critical of the way House Democrats are conducting the investigation while calling for the lower body of Congress to hold a formal vote. During a press conference, Graham said there were 41 senators who were signing onto the measure.

Now, there are 50 co-sponsors, he confirmed on Twitter.

In order to pass, the resolution would need at least 60 votes in the Senate.

Updated to show 50 Co-Sponsors–

1.Graham

2.McConnell

3.Grassley

4.Thune

5.Blunt

6.Shelby

7.Inhofe

8.Roberts

9.Crapo

10.Cornyn

11.Burr

12.Barrasso

13.Wicker

14.Risch

15.Boozman

16. Moran

17. Toomey 1/3 — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 25, 2019

18.Rubio

19.Paul

20.Hoeven

21.Lee

22.Johnson

23.Scott (SC)

24.Fischer

25.Cruz

26.Gardner

27.Capito

28.Cassidy

29.Lankford

30.Cotton

31.Daines

32.Perdue

33.Ernst

34.Tillis 2/3 — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 25, 2019

35.Rounds

36.Sasse

37.Young

38.Kennedy

39.Hyde-Smith

40.Blackburn

41.Cramer

42.McSally

43.Braun

44.Hawley

45.Scott (FL)

46.Sullivan

47.Portman

48.Isakson

49.Alexander

50.Enzi 3/3 — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 25, 2019

Three Republicans have not signed onto the measure, and they are Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

“I’d like to see a vote taken in the House to decide whether there is support for impeachment. I’d love to see a more open process,” Romney said through a spokesperson, The Hill reported.

“Senator Murkowski hasn’t yet reviewed the Graham resolution yet. So she will review the resolution before making a determination,” CNN quoted a Murkowski spokesperson as saying.

Recently, Collins indicated that the impeachment process is problematic.

The House’s conduct is “entirely inappropriate” and Democrats have already “made up their minds,” Collins said, The Hill reported.

In announcing the measure on Thursday, Graham said the House “out of bounds” and is “inconsistent with the process as we know it,” referring to impeaching a president.

“What’s going on is a run around of the impeachment process … that fundamentally” ignores due process under the law, he said. “It’s a danger to the future of the presidency,” he added.

Graham criticized the secretive nature of the inquiry, adding that in past impeachment inquiries, a president was allowed due process and the right to face one’s accuser.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) previously said that a formal vote on the inquiry is not required.