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.
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What I mean was those DIMs that won in red states...
Well the Democrat dogs have caught the car, now let us see what they are going to do with it.
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.
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.
Yes, let’s have the list of the RINOs who voted for it!
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.
No Republicans voted for it. Justin Amash, I, voted for it.
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”.
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.
No matter how much cred the media wants to adorn, it’s still a pig and lipstick.
I wonder when the last time MR. Pelosi saw that face?
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.
Did ANY Dems defect? What was the total number pro-con?
So now they have really pissed off 70 million Deplorables!
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!
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.
Good. All of the Democrats in Trump CD’s are now on record.
Rules? One sided, unfair rules.
What a farce.
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