May not be a complete waste though. On the grounds of getting him removed? Absolutely, there is no way that will happen. But by bringing all of this to the forefront it may get through to the voters, which is why in my opinion the Dems wanted everything heard instead of a blanket vote for every item. Think about it, in the next election some 23 Republican Senate seats will be up while there is about a dozen up for Dems. The Dems , if they hold on to their current seats, will need only to gain I think 5 to take over control of the Senate, of course like I said, that's if they don't lose any. So the Dems may be looking further than removal especially when he will likely be re-elected.