House Republicans are furious about being forced into a last-minute Biden impeachment vote — which they say could hurt their campaigns, top GOP sources tell Axios. Even leadership doesn't want it.
But just one member can force a vote.... With Congress stuck in D.C. next month to hammer out a short-term funding deal, there's plenty of time for an enterprising Republican to force the issue.
A vote on articles of impeachment is privileged and has to be voted on within two days. In the past this didn't matter because even crazy members of Congress didn't toss out impeachment resolutions just for the hell of it. Today they do. Trying to impeach Democrats over nothing has become a favorite pastime of MAGA Republicans.
They try to make a joke out of every government function they can. That way they feel represented.
It’s finally time to demote a bunch of states down to territory status again. They’re not capable of responsible self governance. Alas, the constitution is really a suicide pact, so instead they’ll just take us all down with them someday.
seems like a great move. hope they do it every week through november
They don't call them the Krazy Kaucus for nothing.
They forgot who the candidate is???
They need to hurry and do this, convict him, and vote to prevent him from ever running for president again. Have to make sure he's doesn't run in 2028!
Bobby Jindal once asked Republicans: “do you want to be the stupid party?”
Republicans answer: “HELL YES!!”
Summary:
R: Joe might have been caught up with Hunter's foreign work and he might have corruptly used his office to help Hunter.
D: But given the chance, Joe did not intervene in Hunter's prosecution.
R: And that's exactly what you'd expect from a guy who was corrupt! We must impeach!
D: ????
Nailed it.
Good thing Trump’s family never used their relationship to a president to get sweetheart deals
The Republican job, and their only job, is to prevent the government from doing anything. Understand this, and you understand Republican strategy in its entirety.
It's retribution politics. Revenge for their perceived slights against dear Leader. The GOP is a cult in service of Trump. It's both disturbing and a bit frightening to see how far they've fallen.
“A vote on articles of impeachment is privileged and has to be voted on within two days.”
More precisely, an impeachment motion can either be submitted as a regular motion, in which case it will be referred to the Judiciary Committee, or it can be submitted as a privileged motion, in which case the entire House has to act on it within two days.
The only Presidential impeachment motions which have actually passed the House have gone through the Judiciary Committee. In principle, a privileged motion could be used to bypass an obstructionist Judiciary Committee. In practice, the reason the Judiciary Committee won't vote to impeach Joe Biden is the same reason the full House won't vote for impeachment: There is absolutely no justification for impeaching Joe Biden, and there are a significant number of House Republicans who won't vote for a bogus impeachment.