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An impeachment may proceed only when Congress is in session. 3 Hinds Sec. Sec. 2006, 2462.

However, an impeachment proceeding does not expire with adjournment. An impeachment proceeding begun in the House in one Congress may be resumed in the next Congress. 3 Hinds Sec. 2321; 111-1, Jan. 13, 2009, p __.

An official impeached by the House in one Congress may be tried by the Senate in the next Congress. Manual Sec. 620; 3 Hinds Sec. Sec. 2319, 2320.

Although impeachment proceedings may continue from one Congress to the next, the authority of the managers appointed by the House expires at the end of a Congress; and managers must be reappointed when a new Congress convenes. Manual Sec. 620.

Managers on the part of the House are reappointed by resolution. Manual Sec. 604; Deschler Ch 14 Sec. 4.2.

Thus, the articles of impeachment against Judge Alcee Hastings were presented in the Senate during the second session of the 100th Congress (100-2, Aug. 3, 1988, p 20223) but were still pending trial by the Senate in the 101st Congress, when the House reappointed managers (101-1, Jan. 3, 1989, p 84).

The articles of impeachment against President Clinton were presented to the Senate after the Senate had adjourned sine die for the 105th Congress, and the Senate conducted the trial in the 106th Congress. Manual Sec. 620.

Thanx.

That answers a bunch of questions I had.
the Manual 620 cite is the Jefferson Manual, and it states, `An impeachment is not discontinued by the dissolution of parliament but may be resumed by the new parliament. and the Clinton house managers also cited Pickering, Louderback, and Hastings as precedent for continuing to the next congress.

I wonder if the House, having sole power of impeachment, could recall articles of impeachment?

Thanks again for this. It's a keeper.