Republicans used to care about pics 1-3; now, they care mainly about pic 4. It’s no longer about conservatism; it’s about kneeling before a man. pic.twitter.com/10QscqfMhG— Justin Amash (@justinamash) October 1, 2019
Posted on 10/06/2019 3:34:50 PM PDT by conservative98
House Democrats believe they have the 217 votes needed to pass articles of impeachment against President Trump stemming from his Ukraine call -- enough votes to impeach Trump and send articles to the Senate -- even before their planned hearings or formal investigation.
A senior member of the House Democratic Caucus told Fox News on Sunday it's unlikely House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will give in to the president's demand for an "inquiry vote."
The source said that while leadership hasn't officially whipped or nose-counted a vote to "impeach," they believed the numbers were there based on the 227 votes already on record for an inquiry and were working under that assumption.
When asked what could stop the process, the source said it was unclear but the caucus couldn't rule out the idea of "cold feet" among some Democrats,
The House currently has 433 members: 235 Democrats, 197 Republicans and one Independent. A bill must be passed by a simple majority, requiring at least 217 votes.
Even if 18 Democrats vote against the articles, the majority party could still have enough votes to pass impeachment.
Independent Rep. Justin Amash from Michigan has said he could vote in favor of impeachment, which meant Democrats could lose 19 votes and still pass impeachment articles.
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Republicans used to care about pics 1-3; now, they care mainly about pic 4. It’s no longer about conservatism; it’s about kneeling before a man. pic.twitter.com/10QscqfMhG— Justin Amash (@justinamash) October 1, 2019
Then by all means vote.
I think they do. But, if they take the vote, the GOP gets subpoena power to at least partially balance the record.
So what’s stopping them from going forward?
For What? Hillary and 0bama should be in court defending themselves.
Easily. They have the votes today.
3rd time’s a charm /s
Come on Nancy!
Make it clear where the Democrat Party stands on this!
No more weasel words!
They probably had the votes to impeach Trump for being a Martian spy on any day they picked.
Dems are power mad. No crime. Just hypocrisy and lying by the Party of nut jobs.
Really? They’ve already deliberated on the evidence and decided?
Or was it just a sore loser farce to try to override the people’s will?
It’s not about whether the Democrats/Leftists could pass the bill in the house.
When the bill is raised the minority party will get to call witnesses & examine the witnesses on the attacking side. There is no impeachable conduct, no evidence of high crimes just a load of false indignation. Continuing the farce won’t change the final outcome in the Senate or at the ballot box in November 2020.
It is very sad how corrupt the House has become under Democratic leadership.
Dems will never vote on impeaching Trump.
I call b.s.
To paraphrase Fred Thompson's character in Hunt for Red October, demonicRATS don't take a dump without taking a whip count first.
More idle threats.
Put it to a vote already.
We’re waiting...
Read pearls post right above your, when they do the Repubs have full rights to subpoena whomever they want and then the crap hits the wall as they are testifying under oath
But then you knew that, right?
Sure you did
What horse shi!. Communists Democrats are swimming in crap so deep they smell corruption. And Trump along with the corrupt Senate are afraid to hit them hard. A letter to have a House vote?
Quit your 2020 posturing and do it you gutless bastards!
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