Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years.

Quid pro quo." Lawmakers spar over issue of quid pro quoA majority of Republicans fell in line with the White House's argument that the call summary did not provide proof of an explicit quid pro quo. But Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-New York, also a former lawyer who spoke after Spano, said, "You don't need to state an explicit quid pro quo when you have conducted the quid pro quo, when you have withheld the military aid." Banzhaf told CNN on Thursday that it doesn't make any difference whether there is a quid pro quo or not. On Wednesday, Toobin had also argued that quid pro quo isn't necessary for the call to be "wildly inappropriate and potentially impeachable."