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Democrats keep impeachment alive by skirting House rules
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<blockquote data-quote="NightHawkeye" data-source="post: 74292021" data-attributes="member: 265226"><p>Incorrect.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.c-span.org/video/?464147-1/house-judiciary-committee-approves-guidelines-impeachment-investigation" target="_blank">Lawmakers Consider Resolution for Impeachment Procedures</a></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>IN THE 206 YEARS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS SAT,<strong><span style="color: #0000ff"> IT HAS NEVER CONDUCTED AN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING WITHOUT FIRST BEING AUTHORIZED TO DO SO BY A VOTE OF THE FULL HOUSE</span></strong>. THAT'S BECAUSE THE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT BELONGS TO THE WHOLE HOUSE AND THE WHOLE HOUSE HAS NOT DELEGATED THAT POWER TO ANY OF ITS COMMITTEES. IT MUST FIRST MAKE THAT DELEGATION AND TO THIS DATE, IT HAS NOT. COMMITTEES ARE CREATURES OF THE HOUSE. THEIR ONLY POWERS ARE THOSE THAT ARE DELEGATED BY THE HOUSE. COMMITTEES CAN'T FREELANCE. IF THE MAJORITY WANTS TO EXERCISE THE HOUSE'S POWER OF IMPEACHMENT, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS ASK THE HOUSE TO DO SO. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK THE HOUSE THAT IT DIRECT AND AUTHORIZE THIS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. RESOLVE THAT THE HOUSE AUTHORIZES THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: #000000">I DARE YOU TO DO IT. IN FACT, I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU TO DO IT</span>. HAVE THE HOUSE VOTE ON THOSE 18 WORDS AND THEN GO AT IT. WHY WON'T YOU DO THAT? IT'S BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GIVE THE ILLUSION OF IMPEACHMENT WITHOUT THE REALITY OF IT. <strong><span style="color: #0000ff">YOU'RE DUPING THAT PORTION OF YOUR BASE THAT IS CLAMBERING FOR IMPEACHMENT INTO THINKING YOU ARE WHEN YOU AREN'T</span></strong>. SOME DEMOCRATS CAN TELL THEIR CONSTITUENCIES THEY'RE CONDUCTING AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY WHILE OTHERS CAN TELL THEIR CONSTITUENCIES THAT THEY AREN'T. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR IMPEACHMENT AND DENY IT TOO. THAT'S WHY YOU WON'T PASS THIS RESOLUTION. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>IF THIS PRESIDENT IS GUILTY OF SUCH HEINOUS CRIMES AS YOU IRRESPONSIBLEABLY CHARGE, WHY ARE YOU SO RELUCTANT TO IMPEACH HIM? IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY PROVE THESE ACCUSATIONS, WHY WON'T YOU DO SO BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN? YOU WON'T DO SO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T. AND <strong><span style="color: #0000ff">IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT AN ABUSE OF POWER TRULY LOOKS LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT'S UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW</span></strong></em>.</p><p></p><p>- Tom McClintock (R) CA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightHawkeye, post: 74292021, member: 265226"] Incorrect. [url=www.c-span.org/video/?464147-1/house-judiciary-committee-approves-guidelines-impeachment-investigation]Lawmakers Consider Resolution for Impeachment Procedures[/url] [INDENT][I]IN THE 206 YEARS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS SAT,[B][COLOR=#0000ff] IT HAS NEVER CONDUCTED AN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING WITHOUT FIRST BEING AUTHORIZED TO DO SO BY A VOTE OF THE FULL HOUSE[/COLOR][/B]. THAT'S BECAUSE THE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT BELONGS TO THE WHOLE HOUSE AND THE WHOLE HOUSE HAS NOT DELEGATED THAT POWER TO ANY OF ITS COMMITTEES. IT MUST FIRST MAKE THAT DELEGATION AND TO THIS DATE, IT HAS NOT. COMMITTEES ARE CREATURES OF THE HOUSE. THEIR ONLY POWERS ARE THOSE THAT ARE DELEGATED BY THE HOUSE. COMMITTEES CAN'T FREELANCE. IF THE MAJORITY WANTS TO EXERCISE THE HOUSE'S POWER OF IMPEACHMENT, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS ASK THE HOUSE TO DO SO. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK THE HOUSE THAT IT DIRECT AND AUTHORIZE THIS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. RESOLVE THAT THE HOUSE AUTHORIZES THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. [COLOR=#000000]I DARE YOU TO DO IT. IN FACT, I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU TO DO IT[/COLOR]. HAVE THE HOUSE VOTE ON THOSE 18 WORDS AND THEN GO AT IT. WHY WON'T YOU DO THAT? IT'S BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GIVE THE ILLUSION OF IMPEACHMENT WITHOUT THE REALITY OF IT. [B][COLOR=#0000ff]YOU'RE DUPING THAT PORTION OF YOUR BASE THAT IS CLAMBERING FOR IMPEACHMENT INTO THINKING YOU ARE WHEN YOU AREN'T[/COLOR][/B]. SOME DEMOCRATS CAN TELL THEIR CONSTITUENCIES THEY'RE CONDUCTING AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY WHILE OTHERS CAN TELL THEIR CONSTITUENCIES THAT THEY AREN'T. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR IMPEACHMENT AND DENY IT TOO. THAT'S WHY YOU WON'T PASS THIS RESOLUTION. IF THIS PRESIDENT IS GUILTY OF SUCH HEINOUS CRIMES AS YOU IRRESPONSIBLEABLY CHARGE, WHY ARE YOU SO RELUCTANT TO IMPEACH HIM? IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY PROVE THESE ACCUSATIONS, WHY WON'T YOU DO SO BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN? YOU WON'T DO SO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T. AND [B][COLOR=#0000ff]IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT AN ABUSE OF POWER TRULY LOOKS LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT'S UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW[/COLOR][/B][/I].[/INDENT] - Tom McClintock (R) CA [/QUOTE]
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