re: If impeachment is the most serious event for our government

You probably should have said convict where you said indict there.

I assume what you're saying is the first immediate senate vote would be to indict/formally impeach, then following the trial, the second vote would be to convict.

I think that would remove too much perceived power from the house to ever get traction, but I like the idea of a vote on merit in the senate before any additional effort and time is wasted.