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House approves rules for Trump impeachment inquiry
NY Post ^ | October 31, 2019 | Mark Moore

Posted on 10/31/2019 8:35:34 AM PDT by conservative98

The House voted along party lines on Thursday to approve a resolution that lays out the next steps in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump – moving the investigation that so far has largely unfolded behind closed doors out into the open.

The stage was set for a full House vote on the procedures after members of the House Rules Committee on Wednesday evening finalized the resolution that sets the groundwork for public hearings, handling of testimony and the calling of witnesses.

The investigation since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched the inquiry last month has been happening behind closed doors on Capitol Hill where members of a number of House panels have been interviewing witnesses.

Republicans have objected to the secret hearings, saying they are being deprived of fully participating in the inquiry and claiming Democrats are leaking testimony that bolsters their allegations against Trump.

Democrats says Trump abused his power when he urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to begin an investigation into Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate.

The July 25 phone call between the two leaders was revealed in a whistleblower’s complaint that surfaced in August.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) blasted the resolution as a “sham process.”

“Trying to put a ribbon on the sham process doesn’t make it any less of a sham,” Jordan said.

He blasted Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, for his handling of the impeachment process so far in closed-door hearings.

“What does this resolution do? Gives him even more power to run this secret proceeding in the bunker in the basement of the Capitol,” Jordan said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coup; impeachment; pelosi; qdrop16; schiff
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To: Snowy

What I mean was those DIMs that won in red states...


21 posted on 10/31/2019 8:51:18 AM PDT by Snowy
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To: conservative98

Well the Democrat dogs have caught the car, now let us see what they are going to do with it.


22 posted on 10/31/2019 8:51:25 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Signalman

We can decimate the Ds if we each register 10 pro-Trump voters and make sure they get to the polls. Enough Tweets, enough posts & enough researching nonsense. No one is coming to our rescue except DJT and we need to keep him in office.


23 posted on 10/31/2019 8:51:33 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Signalman

Per your comment, the Democrats don’t seem to be concerned at all about any fallout from the American voters. Why is that? Makes me think that they have something else in the works that will deliver them the power, control and protection from backlash, all of which they so obviously and desperately strive to gain.


24 posted on 10/31/2019 8:51:55 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: Snowy

Yes, let’s have the list of the RINOs who voted for it!


25 posted on 10/31/2019 8:52:38 AM PDT by Right-wing Librarian
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To: JonPreston

What you’re saying is essential, because the Democrats will be running on a platform of freebies that will draw a whole lot of people who don’t normally vote off the couch.


26 posted on 10/31/2019 8:52:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Snowy

No Republicans voted for it. Justin Amash, I, voted for it.


27 posted on 10/31/2019 8:53:20 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

NAME THE “CRIME”

What is the CRIME?

Winning the 2016 election, was not a “high crime or misdemeanor”.

Making a “perfect” phone call, is not a “high crime or misdemeanor”.


28 posted on 10/31/2019 8:53:56 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Signalman

MAYBE ITS TIME FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE TO MARCH ON WASHINGTON AND LITERALLY THROW SOME OF THE DEM REPS OUT OF THEIR OFFICES. THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THEY WORK FOR.


29 posted on 10/31/2019 8:54:01 AM PDT by chopperk (ms)
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To: conservative98
Oh great. The Stalin show trial in Freedonia continues.
30 posted on 10/31/2019 8:54:16 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: conservative98

No matter how much cred the media wants to adorn, it’s still a pig and lipstick.


31 posted on 10/31/2019 8:55:07 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: conservative98

I wonder when the last time MR. Pelosi saw that face?


32 posted on 10/31/2019 8:55:19 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: drypowder

The way they used the Intel Agencies against our candidate showed me that they had no concern about those tactics ever being used against them.


33 posted on 10/31/2019 8:56:14 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: conservative98

Did ANY Dems defect? What was the total number pro-con?


34 posted on 10/31/2019 8:56:42 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: conservative98

So now they have really pissed off 70 million Deplorables!


35 posted on 10/31/2019 8:58:03 AM PDT by Renegade
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To: chopperk

Maybe it’s time — long past time — that the promised investigative reports on the attempted coup be released. Until Pelosi’s Folly hits the Senate where it will be crushed and until the long-promised investigative reports are released, conservatives must sit on the sidelines — waiting, waiting, waiting — and take this bullobama every hour of each day!


36 posted on 10/31/2019 8:59:38 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: 1Old Pro
If you remember the impeachment proceedings in 1974, it was all done in the House Judiciary Committee in an open style that allowed both sides to call witnesses. What we're seeing now is a Stalin show trial in Freedonia as done by the Marx Brothers, if you get my gist.
37 posted on 10/31/2019 9:01:22 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Signalman

I don’t believe Dems will be decimated. They can count on about 40% of voters going for them. Add rampant voter fraud to the mix and the result is likely to be similar to what we’ve seen in all recent elections.


38 posted on 10/31/2019 9:01:22 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Politics is all about quid pro quos. Donate to me! Vote for me! I'll give you "free" stuff)
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To: conservative98

Good. All of the Democrats in Trump CD’s are now on record.


39 posted on 10/31/2019 9:02:04 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: conservative98

Rules? One sided, unfair rules.
What a farce.


40 posted on 10/31/2019 9:03:06 AM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killer)
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