12-13-2019, 11:38 AM
Both articles of impeachment against President Trump were just passed by the House Judiciary Committee.
Unsurprisingly, all of the Democrat committee persons voted in favor of impeachment while all of the Republican committee persons voted against it.
The vote was 23 to 17 on each of the two impeachment counts, 1. Abuse of Power and 2. Obstruction of Congress.
Next week, the full House of Representatives will vote on whether to officially impeach the President.
In the 2018 midterm congressional elections, the Democrats won a slew of their races and now have enough a majority in the House to impeach President Trump without putting vulnerable Democrat congresspersons (those in districts that Trump won handily in 2016) under pressure to vote for impeachment ahead of their 2020 re-election campaigns.
So, this month, barring any major surprises, President Trump will become the third President to be impeached by a simple majority vote by the U.S. House of Representatives.
And, barring any major surprises, the Republican-majority Senate will vote against removing the impeached President from office by a 2⁄3 majority vote.
Unsurprisingly, all of the Democrat committee persons voted in favor of impeachment while all of the Republican committee persons voted against it.
The vote was 23 to 17 on each of the two impeachment counts, 1. Abuse of Power and 2. Obstruction of Congress.
Next week, the full House of Representatives will vote on whether to officially impeach the President.
In the 2018 midterm congressional elections, the Democrats won a slew of their races and now have enough a majority in the House to impeach President Trump without putting vulnerable Democrat congresspersons (those in districts that Trump won handily in 2016) under pressure to vote for impeachment ahead of their 2020 re-election campaigns.
So, this month, barring any major surprises, President Trump will become the third President to be impeached by a simple majority vote by the U.S. House of Representatives.
And, barring any major surprises, the Republican-majority Senate will vote against removing the impeached President from office by a 2⁄3 majority vote.