[Political Junkie Too]

I doubt, though, that SCOTUS will step in at the point.

Article I Section 3 says:

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments.

The Constitution does NOT say the Senate only tries the impeachment sent to them.

SCOTUS doesn't have to decide any BIG issues, just say that once impeached, the House MUST transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate.

Are there cases when the House voted for passage of a bill and then refused to send it to the Senate?

What if two-thirds of the states submitted an application for an Article V convention of the states to propose amendments to the Constitution, and the House refused to pass it along to the Senate?

No, if the House passes articles of impeachment, it should be Constitutionally compelled to pass it along to the Senate. If they won't, then the Supreme Court should compel them to or declare them null and void.

-PJ

[be-baw]

Sounds like we might find out tomorrow what McConnell intends to do.

[Vendome]

They are not required by the Constitution to pass it along to the Senate but, what would the base their decision on.

[Cboldt]

-- Are there cases when the House voted for passage of a bill and then refused to send it to the Senate? --

Nope. But there is nothing that says the House can't take pointless votes either, other than the ridicule it exposes them to.