House approves legislation setting up rules for impeachment inquiry

MSN News ^ | October 31, 2019 | Reuters

[2ndDivisionVet]

Update: Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives secured enough votes on Thursday to pass legislation setting up the next steps in the fast-moving impeachment process involving Republican President Donald Trump.

The vote is the first formal test of support for the inquiry that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched on Sept. 24. The impeachment inquiry focuses on whether Trump pressured Ukraine into helping him in his 2020 re-election campaign, a charge the president denies.

Previous report:

WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers will cast the first vote on Thursday in the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives takes up a measure that sets up the next steps in the fast-moving effort.

The vote will be the first formal test of support for the inquiry launched on Sept. 24. Democrats, who control 234 seats in the 435-seat chamber, need a simple majority to approve the resolution.

The measure calls for public hearings and the release of transcripts from closed-door proceedings. It also outlines what rights Republican lawmakers and Trump himself would have to participate as the process moves ahead.

[gleeaikin]

Perhaps the GOP controlled Senate is not issuing subpoenas because so much unfavorable information is already being stated by those who have been subpoenaed in the House. One report I saw said that the House GOP is arguing procedure, because they cannot realistically argue the facts.

[TakebackGOP]

They’re not interviewing the people who support Trump on the call.

[gleeaikin]

My question is how can they find so many people who do NOT support Trump on the call, some even at the risk of loosing their job?

[TakebackGOP]

They haven’t and those people are trying to get him impeached.