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"The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
The measure details how the inquiry will move into a more public phase. It was not a vote on whether the president should be removed from office.
This was the first test of support in the Democratic-controlled House for the impeachment process.
The White House condemned the vote, which passed along party lines.
Only two Democrats - representing districts that Mr Trump won handily in 2016 - voted against the resolution, along with all Republicans, for a total count of 232 in favour and 196 against."
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Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @07:34PM
I stand corrected and am grateful for the correction. I do indeed know Pelosi is in the House and not Senate.
And +1 informative, although I think the most solid basis for the impeachment allegation (aside from Impeachable offenses are what the House agrees to by majority and convictable ones are what the Senate agrees to by supermajority) was actually that Bill Clinton perjured himself before a Grand Jury - an actual Felony under Federal Law. The blowjob had nothing to do with it, the attempt to pass off that there was no current relationship when the real question everyone knew was "Did you have sex with her or not?" no matter how technically worded was the straw that broke the camel's back. That and the proof that Clinton very much manipulated things such that the truth of the blowjob got covered up - by lying in court documents and trying to get others to lie for him to the court.
(Just like the most solid basis on Trump right now as being inquired about is a federal elections violation as incredibly strongly implied by the FEC Chair's tweet [twitter.com], in fact the last Tweet she made on June 13 and long before this brouhaha became public. Which makes me wonder if she was referring to that (how?), or something different (what?)) A promise to investigate a political rival (and only in used in the political context) is indeed a quo.)