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House approves legislation setting up rules for impeachment inquiry
MSN News ^ | October 31, 2019 | Reuters

Posted on 10/31/2019 8:51:37 AM PDT by 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.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; coup; declassification; democrats; fbi; fisa; house; impeachment; jamescomey; lisapage; pelosi; peterstrzok; robertmueller; ukraine
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61 posted on 10/31/2019 10:02:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Freee-dame

You may well be right, FD. However I’ve come to the conclusion that many many in the media are just ignorant of government processes, or not very smart, or both. What do you expect of products of government schools? Setting aside bias, a lot of news writers can’t write and editors can’t edit. Either way you slice it, the word “legislation” makes this fake news.
My, how I loathe these people.


62 posted on 10/31/2019 10:03:26 AM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 2,000 posts as of 1/16/19. A FReeper since 2000; never shutting up!)
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To: ArtDodger
However, they can hope to keep digging to find something to hang around Trump’s neck. Good luck with that.

Those who believe CNN, MSDNC, etc., will swallow the swill and praise it. Independents are a different story.

63 posted on 10/31/2019 10:03:39 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The swamp must remain unfettered. No more Trumps and never again one to follow. What? Do Americans think this is some sort of representative republic or something?


64 posted on 10/31/2019 10:05:33 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If it's "legislation", doesn't it have to be passed by the Senate, then signed by the President?   thinking face
65 posted on 10/31/2019 10:11:27 AM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We CHOSE Trump.)
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To: Vendome

“Just sent in another donation...”

Who do you send your donation to? The reason why I ask, is that I would like mine to go directly to the Trump campaign. I’m not particularly interested in funding the RNC for a couple of reasons:
1. Despite the huge amounts of money flowing in, I see no news on what they’re doing about recruiting and funding down ticket candidates;
2. I am still uneasy about about the chair of the RNC, being that she’s Mitt Romney’s niece. It’s the blood is thicker than water thing.


66 posted on 10/31/2019 10:12:03 AM PDT by VMI70
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To: ScaniaBoy
One I voted Aye.

That would be Justin Amash, the Human Underwear Skidmark.

67 posted on 10/31/2019 10:14:30 AM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We CHOSE Trump.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

https://donate.donaldjtrump.com/lets-keep-fighting


68 posted on 10/31/2019 10:14:34 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (CALIZUELA)
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To: VMI70

Here is the direct link:
https://donate.donaldjtrump.com/lets-keep-fighting

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69 posted on 10/31/2019 10:17:01 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Dems can go pound sand.

America will vote to re-elect the President.


70 posted on 10/31/2019 10:24:09 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: John S Mosby

Patriots in every state with D’rat Congresscritters must dig dig dig into those D’rats’ backgrounds, associations, money dealings, anything at all questionable. Then expose expose expose.

We must all push push push for the Congress’ hush money spending to be fully disclosed publicly.

Pelosi’s and Feinstein’s Hunters Point and Treasure Island property scams need some bright lights on them, too.


71 posted on 10/31/2019 10:25:34 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: lastchance

>>And how does that pass muster?

The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing.


72 posted on 10/31/2019 10:29:54 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Just donated and every time those traitors make another move, I plan to donate again! The only way I know to legally fight them unless / until CW 2 begins.


73 posted on 10/31/2019 10:32:07 AM PDT by boxlunch (Pray for President Trump! Disband the Democrat Media Communist Complex!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
House approves legislation setting up rules for impeachment inquiry

U.S. lawmakers will cast the first vote on Thursday

Contradicts itself. Who wrote this?????? Oh right , Mr. Rumpelstiltskin Reuters.

74 posted on 10/31/2019 10:34:32 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Shun ALL on the left...family, friends, businesses.


75 posted on 10/31/2019 10:36:21 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.com)
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To: who knows what evil?

Buy an AR-15 and/or AK-47 before they’re banned.


76 posted on 10/31/2019 10:38:14 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: vikingd00d
I don't consider the Pubs in the House good men, even the few that show up on Hannity. They are just preaching to their base in their district.

The Pubs could have blown this thing up and when the Dems knew that the Pubs were going to lie down.... the Dems got the votes. I don't blame the Dems. If your enemy is going to collapse on the ground, stomp them into a mud puddle. Not a single 'Good' man in the House could mutter outrage.... because none are.

77 posted on 10/31/2019 10:46:27 AM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is just kabuki theater to say “ you asked us to impeach him” so we are doing that, even though this is just about the rules.

In the end they will have to present actual articles and vote of them.

They will care less about the end result , as they will change the tune to “ we impeached him” the republicans kept him in office.

Now switch to not re-electing him, and getting us the Senate so we can remove him in 2020

It will not end....


78 posted on 10/31/2019 10:47:35 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So there is no high crime and misdemeanor to impeach, but the Democrats are going through the motion of impeachment?

This sets up a horrible precedent. Anytime a president is elected and the house is the opposition party, the house on inauguration day can start impeachment proceedings.


79 posted on 10/31/2019 11:09:13 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (When you think about what the left is doing to America, think no further than Cloward-Piven)
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To: Cboldt

Sounds like the House will have a voice vote on the resolution, instead of a roll call vote. I can understand why Dems would want to do that...


80 posted on 10/31/2019 11:19:43 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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