"This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public is exactly what we want to know the answers," he said.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday said he is directing three House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden in an effort to seek bank records and other documents from the president and his son Hunter Biden.

lol. lmao, even

      • RonPaulyShore [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        nah, this is doa and everyone will re-learn the lesson that impeachment for piddly shit is a self-own.

        • zephyreks [none/use name]
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          1 year ago

          Any impeachment proceeding is almost sure to pass the House and fail in the Senate.

          • RonPaulyShore [none/use name]
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            1 year ago

            i understand how impeachment works and i understand the congressional math. i disagree w/ the throwaway christman thesis that the US is on some terminal course of constant impeachments: it will be seen, yet again, that the benefits of impeachments redound to the impeachees party; many republicans understand this, but they are unable to discipline the flailing MAGA wing of the party.

          • YouKnowIt [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Idk, this feels like a blue slip thing, where dems follow norms from like 40 years ago and republicans just do whatever they like with no opposition

        • JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]
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          1 year ago

          Impeachment needs a simple majority in the House, but a super-majority to convict in the Senate. So, it trivial for the House to vote on articles of impeachment but current partisan divides (and the off-set electoral cycle of the senate) impede any faction from achieving a senatorial super-majority.