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- May 11, 2013
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- Morganton, N.C.
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(The Guardian) McCarthy doesn't have votes to advance Biden impeachment inquiry, reports say
The speaker, Kevin McCarthy, doesn’t have the votes to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, according to the CNN report.
One moderate GOP lawmaker told the news channel there are as many as 30 Republicans who don’t believe there’s enough evidence yet for impeachment.
Republican congressman for South Dakota, Dusty Johnson, said: There is a constitutional and legal test that you have to meet with evidence. I have not seen that evidence, but I guess I’m not suggesting it doesn’t exist. I do think the fact that the committees continue to ask for additional documents suggests that they don’t think their evidentiary record is complete yet.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right congresswoman from Georgia, told CNN she personally would like to see an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden happen this week.
Greene has made clear that her support for government funding is contingent upon the House GOP launching an impeachment inquiry into the president, among other things. She said: Our conference needs to stop capitulating to the left, more members that are in blue districts. That’s not what the donors are donating money for. And we need to stop allowing Biden-district Republicans to hold up our agenda.
She added: Put the vote to the floor, even if it fails. I guarantee you, if you put it back, it’ll pass because every single Republican that votes no to it will get destroyed by their districts.
Citing sources, the report says Donald Trump is set to forcefully weigh in on the looming government shutdown, the White House’s request for disaster relief and aid for Ukraine, and the growing calls on the right to impeach Biden. -- The former president is likely to ramp up his calls to impeach Biden and come out strongly against Ukraine aid, further ratcheting up pressure on McCarthy as he plots his strategy for the treacherous month ahead. All of this is expected to be discussed in a closed-door party meeting Wednesday, the first time House Republicans will huddle in person since before the six-week August recess. How McCarthy and his leadership team handles this critical month of governing will have major implications for both the country and his speakership.
The speaker, Kevin McCarthy, doesn’t have the votes to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, according to the CNN report.
One moderate GOP lawmaker told the news channel there are as many as 30 Republicans who don’t believe there’s enough evidence yet for impeachment.
Republican congressman for South Dakota, Dusty Johnson, said: There is a constitutional and legal test that you have to meet with evidence. I have not seen that evidence, but I guess I’m not suggesting it doesn’t exist. I do think the fact that the committees continue to ask for additional documents suggests that they don’t think their evidentiary record is complete yet.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right congresswoman from Georgia, told CNN she personally would like to see an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden happen this week.
Greene has made clear that her support for government funding is contingent upon the House GOP launching an impeachment inquiry into the president, among other things. She said: Our conference needs to stop capitulating to the left, more members that are in blue districts. That’s not what the donors are donating money for. And we need to stop allowing Biden-district Republicans to hold up our agenda.
She added: Put the vote to the floor, even if it fails. I guarantee you, if you put it back, it’ll pass because every single Republican that votes no to it will get destroyed by their districts.
Citing sources, the report says Donald Trump is set to forcefully weigh in on the looming government shutdown, the White House’s request for disaster relief and aid for Ukraine, and the growing calls on the right to impeach Biden. -- The former president is likely to ramp up his calls to impeach Biden and come out strongly against Ukraine aid, further ratcheting up pressure on McCarthy as he plots his strategy for the treacherous month ahead. All of this is expected to be discussed in a closed-door party meeting Wednesday, the first time House Republicans will huddle in person since before the six-week August recess. How McCarthy and his leadership team handles this critical month of governing will have major implications for both the country and his speakership.
