In addition to Johnson, Clinton and Trump, only one other U.S. president has faced formal impeachment inquiries in the House of Representatives:Richard Nixon. Many other presidents have been threatened with impeachment by political foes without gaining any real traction in Congress. ...
How three Democratic presidents wound up swinging a region from blue to red.Jonathan Yardley
How Many Were Presidents Were Elected Twice? So far, 21 US presidents have been elected to serve a second term. This typically comes directly after their first term, when the Electoral Committee decides to vote the same president in again. ...
Which presidents were elected by the Electoral College but not the popular vote? What is the Electoral College based on? What are electoral votes based on? How many votes did Hillary Clinton get in 2008? If the election relied solely on the popular vote, how might many Americans votes 'not...
How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the presidency? Did Hillary Clinton run for president in 2008? How many presidents were not born in the United States? How many Electoral College votes does Washington state have?
Some Democrats suggested Pelosi might wait to send the articles and allow Biden to begin his term without impeachment hanging over him. But many other Democrats have urged Pelosi to move immediately. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who will be in charge once Biden is sworn in, suggested...
(1) make a donation of $500,000 to the Treasury; (2) not deliver in person any State of the Union address; (3) not be involved in fundraising activities for the Democratic Party or for any candidate for public office; and (4) not serve in public office after his term as President ...
In recent decades, the democratic importance of civil society has too often been ignored, or treated as an afterthought, as it is for instance in Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt’sHow Democracies Die. The point that democracy is much more than high-level dynamics centred on political parties...
One GOP lawmaker who indicated they were planning to vote for the resolution, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said it’s “not a factor now.” “Many of my colleagues told me they were voting yes” before Gaetz withdrew, the lawmaker said, adding that they would still vote for the...
Before the adoption of the 12th Amendment in 1804, voters chose presidents and vice presidents separately. When a president and vice president were from opposing parties, as Vice President Thomas Jefferson and President John Adams were in the late 1700s, many thought the split provided a system ...