Posted on 10/29/2019 10:39:19 AM PDT by Liz
House Democratic leaders are walking back a planned vote Thursday that would officially endorse impeachment proceedings and say that the resolution would merely address the process of holding public hearings on the matter.
This is not an impeachment resolution, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters Tuesday morning. I dont know what an impeachment resolution is.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Monday that the planned vote was not an impeachment resolution.
Earlier in the day, Pelosi announced the House would vote on a resolution that affirms the ongoing, existing investigation, and establishes the procedure for hearings that are open to the American people, authorizes the disclosure of deposition transcripts, outlines procedures to transfer evidence to the Judiciary Committee as it considers potential articles of impeachment, and sets forth due process rights for the president and his Counsel.
Pelosi characterized the vote as one that would put to rest accusations by President Trump and the GOP that the impeachment proceedings are not legitimate because they were not sanctioned by an official House vote.
We are taking this step to eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump Administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas, or continue obstructing the House of Representative, Pelosi said Monday.
But Democrats are suddenly wary of calling it an official vote to open an impeachment hearing and arent even promising a vote on Thursday.
Hoyer said the resolution addresses moving from the investigatory phase to the hearing phase, of the impeachment proceedings, entering the public phase. Hoyer, who controls the floor schedule, would not fully commit to holding the vote on Thursday. We are going to have to consider whether or not it is ready to go on Thursday, Hoyer said. The resolution will be drafted and advanced Wednesday by the House Rules Committee, whose Democrats operate as an essential arm of the speaker.
Hoyer described the resolution as one that would establish a process for ending the closed-door investigatory phase of the impeachment proceeding, which has so far involved depositions taken in a secure room in the basement of the U.S. Capitol.
The House Intelligence Committee has been running the proceedings since late September, and lawmakers from Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Government Reform have been invited to attend and ask questions. The resolution expected Thursday would address the process, of ending the closed-door depositions into a phase when we have public hearings.
Hoyer added, That is what this is: No more, no less. The resolution is expected to provide the Intelligence panel with sole authority to conduct the public hearings, which departs from precedent.
Past presidential impeachment hearings involving both judges and presidents have always been conducted by the House Judiciary Committee.
The resolution is expected to provide minority Republicans with an opportunity to call witnesses and for Trump to defend himself against Democrats who accuse him of abusing power and obstructing Congress.
Hoyer said he didnt know when public hearings would begin.We still want to do this expeditiously, but we are not bound by any time deadline, Hoyer said.
i don’t know sorry, they’re nuts and might do almost anything crazy
-- I agree with no basis...but is it necessary? --
Heh. In general yes, even for law enforcement, which is charged with enforcing the laws, there is a need for reasonable basis for suspicion. Otherwise the law could harrass people just because.
These people are touched in the head, and dangerous to boot.
I actually read the whole damn thing. All the republicans can do is request. The Chairman of the committee or majority vote nullifies everything. It’s a farce.
While Pelosi tries to impeach the POTUS, here is her home town:
Behold The Shit Map: Mapping San Francisco's 132,562 Cases Of Human Feces
Speaker Pelosi, Queen of Shiff
While Pelosi tries to impeach the POTUS, here is her home town:
Behold The Shit Map: Mapping San Francisco's 132,562 Cases Of Human Feces
Speaker Pelosi, Queen of Shiff
Thanks for that warning. thought the same thing.
But it only helps President Trump and doesnt hurt him at all
I think I might have a brew with him back during the blurr??
They better stop now...
An hour ago I drove past a couple of hundred acres of farm fields that have been switched to growing sod.
Tells me the farmers are convinced Trump is going to be elected and the economy will continue to boom.
Awesome. Good to know.
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Thursday will be a interesting day for sure.
And all this time I thought they had “overwhelming evidence” to impeach.
Pathetic.
Steny, let me put the second part of your answer before the first part......House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters Tuesday morning. I dont know what an impeachment resolution is, This is not an impeachment resolution.
So if you dont know what something is, how can you state what something is not?
No that’s not what the article says.
She still WANTS the vote but is defining it to mean almost nothing.
My pleasure. For those interested, a pro-Trump political consultant in PA who backed the President in 2016 will discuss this later tonight around 10:00 PM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuhfu3vWe-E
I seriously doubt that thought crossed their pathetic little brains. I daresay they think they're invincible and untouchable, and all of us Deplorables can't do a cotton-pickin' thing about it.
Do the words 'rude awakening' mean anything to you?
Maybe Stimpy is worried about the Trump Curse.
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