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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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Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to
make it complex and wonderful.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @07:24PM (2 children)
You should spend some time investigating Biden and his son
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @08:19PM
Two wrongs do not make a right. Or to put it another way, "But all the other kids were doing it too" is not a valid defense when children misbehave, so why in the world would it be a valid defense for anybody older?
I hear it from my kids, and it fails to fly.
I hear it from developers too lazy to follow good coding practices or basic security / due diligence.
I hear it from politicians.
I'm tired of hearing it. I don't care if Johnny did it too - I expect Johnny's parents to punish him, just like I have to punish you. You screwed up, you need to accept the consequences.
Sadly, I'm not allowed to put developers or politicians into Time Out and take away their toys until they learn to play nicely.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Friday November 01 2019, @09:44PM
Why? This was already investigated by both the United States and the Ukraine. Biden and his son were cleared. I don't need to do shit.
Now, do you know who *should* be doing something about it? CONGRESS!!! They investigated Hillary how many fucking times again?
No, the appropriate action was:
1) A press conference. The President of the United States stands up and lays out his claims and states that he is presenting his facts to CONGRESS.
2) CONGRESS can listen to the President of the United States, speaking to them directly in the Capitol. Not in secret to a few and hiding/manipulating the evidence on hidden servers, but to ALL the legally elected Congressmen and Senators, and the PUBLIC.
3) After reviewing the FACTS, CONGRESS can then engage their machinery and determine if an inquiry is warranted. Not in a clearly partisan matter, but in a bipartisan matter.
4) If the evidence proves illicit activity then the Department of Justice can get involved.
So no, I don't have to do a fucking thing. There is mother fucking procedure for this, and elected representatives to carry out said procedure. Not a delusional dotard in office pretending to be fucking Batman fighting the deep state, and whatever other conspiracies he believes, in secret.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.