Article snippet: The House Intelligence Committee voted Thursday along party lines to release the Republican majority’s report on its Russia investigation, which found no evidence of collusion, coordination or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. The Republican-authored report, the first to be released from any congressional committee conducting a Russia investigation, now heads to the intelligence community for declassification, a process that could take weeks. “Today, we are one step closer to delivering answers to the questions the American people have been asking for over a year,” Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, the top Republican leading the Russian probe, said in a statement. Democrats, who will submit their own minority rebuttal for release alongside the GOP-authored report, argue that Republicans prematurely shut down the investigation under political pressure, and refused to follow important and unresolved leads. Saying Thursday’s vote ended a “rather sad chapter” in the traditionally bipartisan committee’s history, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the committee, called the GOP report a “fundamentally unserious effort.” “It was clear that their report was going to be completely political from beginning to end and there wasn't much to work on in a joint fashion,” he said. While Democrats did not sign on to the report, some of its findings appear to be in line with sentiments the minority has previously expressed - including the ... Link to the full article to read more