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To: Cats Pajamas

If a federal official commits a crime or otherwise acts improperly, the House of Representatives may impeach—formally charge—that official. If the official subsequently is convicted in a Senate impeachment trial, he is removed from office.

<> “A conviction on an article of impeachment requires a two-thirds vote of those Senators present.” [page 5 at the following link]

https://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/98-806.pdf

<> Passage of the impeachment resolution in the House of Representatives: “Passage is by simple majority vote” i.e 218 votes. [page 10 at the link below]

The Impeachment Process in the House of Representatives - Congressional Research Service - Updated August 12, 2019

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45769.pdf


1,346 posted on 09/27/2019 8:47:03 PM PDT by deks (Psalm 64)
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