The house is NOT voting on an impeachment investigation. The vote being held is another cynical move by Lawfare / Pelosi to create the impression of impeachment, but without any due process.
The House is attempting to compel the White House to give it documents and access to people violating Executive Privilege that the House has no right to have. The House is attempting to negate the separation of powers.
That being the case then, Pelosi and Dems did not honor the precedent of due process in the supposed inquiry.
Could not the Senate vote with a simple majority to dismiss the impeachment with a simple majority vote?
Many reports in the media, including this article by Newt, think Pelosi said she was going to have the full House vote on authorizing a formal impeachment inquiry.
That is not what she said.
All the House members will be voting on is to bring ShifftyEyes' super secret, star chamber tribunal out of the Capitol basement and continue it into the light of day.
The vote on Thursday will not authorize a full, formal impeachment inquiry proceeding.
If Pelosi did that, it would collapse their secret impeachment scheme. Trump and the Republicans would be able to call witnesses and cross-examine others. Pelosi knows the previous votes for impeachment in the House have failed and she is not going to risk that happening here.
This is just another sleight of hand by Pelosi to make the illegitimate appear to look legitimate. Trump and the GOP members will not be allowed to participate any more than they have been up until now. It is the same old, same old.