In the panel's draft report released Thursday morning, state lawmakers investigating the governor concluded, "The Special Investigative Committee for the Illinois House of Representatives, 95th General Assembly finds that the totality of the evidence warrants the impeachment of the governor for cause. "...
A Reuters head count shows that 135 House Democrats back an impeachment inquiry. While that is a majority of the caucus, the number is well short of the 218 votes needed to pass a resolution. Only two American presidents have been impeached by the House: Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Clinton...
Who takes over if the Speaker of the House dies? Does the Speaker of the House vote? Who presides over the U.S. Senate? What is the Speaker of the House called? Who protects the Speaker of the House? How many votes are needed for the Speaker of the House? In the United States, ...
A motion for impeachment prescribed in Paragraph (1) may be proposed by one third or more of the total members of the National Assembly, and shall require a concurrent vote of a majority of the total members of the National Assembly for passage: except that, a motion for the impeachment of...
A Supreme Court justice last week ruled that the speaker of the lower house in Congress must open impeachment proceedings against Temer, who faces the same allegations of breaking fiscal rules as Rousseff. If Temer also was suspended from office, house Speaker Eduardo Cunha would be in line to...
Senate fails to reach two-thirds majority needed to convict — 3:56 p.m. Associated Press The Senate voted to acquit former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. The vote was 57 to convict, 43 to acquit. The House of Representatives impeached Trump for inciting the attack...
Wyoming's lone representative in the U.S. House, Harriet Hageman, voted in favor of opening a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. “It is clear that Joe Biden had some level of interaction with his son Hunter’s businesses – businesses that were set up for the purpose of...
Judging the Judges Needed-- The Lesson of the Impeachment of PorteousRobert Weiner
After being prompted by a constituent’s inquiry about President Obama’s birth certificate — yes, this is still an issue for some people — Farenthold spoke of impeachment and its chances of passing in the House of Representatives.Farenthold said:...
Push for Biden impeachment inquiry takes major step forward But even if they were able to impeach the president in the House there is no chance of the measure passing in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Therefore the President would not be removed from office. ...