The impeachment defense is that there has been no vote to proceed with impeachment. The speaker needs to bring the issue up for a vote if she wants to proceed with this.
It's not, strictly speaking, a requirement. But maybe she will when the House reconvenes on the 15th. Until then it is not possible because the House is not in session. Those who are demanding a vote right now are either appallingly ignorant or just trying to make trouble.
The constitution does not give the speaker of the house the power to impeach. The whole house has to vote and they are not doing that because they know that they would be defeated and this whole scam would be exposed. I do not know why people do not recognize what a joke this is. Perhaps they do not realize how desperate the liberals are, grasping at straws trying to defend their failing policies. I understand they want to hold on, but you can not hold onto a vapor and a mist.
Guilty of what? Investigating Biden and his son and their corruption? I like Biden, he is a nice guy. Even if he talks to much and rambles on a lot. Still he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and he needs to admit what he did was wrong. This attempt at a cover up is not going to work. He is being exposed. Hillary is the one that corrupted him. From the beginning her administration has always been pay to play. This all began back when Bill was Governor. She was selling political favors even back then.
It gives the House the power and solely the House. It determines its own rules.
On what, exactly? Currently, there is only an inquiry into impeachment, not the impeachment itself. Who sez the whole House has to vote for an investigation? Where is that written? (Hint: nowhere!)
Probably the great majority of the representatives would vote in favor of the investigation, if not unanimously.
I'm not sure you understand that committees do have investigative powers, even to subpoena. I'm not sure you understand that the impeachment has not yet started, that there is currently only an investigation - why would you term that a 'scam' when the House is tasked with oversight?
Impeachment article one section two says that the house has to be in agreement. Ultimately they have to have a 2/3 majority to impeach. The process needs a majority to proceed with their investigation. They do not have a majority vote so they can not proceed until they get a majority vote. Good luck trying to get anyone anywhere to agree on anything. The whole thing is absurd because everyone knows they could never come up with a 2/3 vote to actually impeach a president. Clinton knew this and he knew he had nothing to worry about when they tried to impeach him. The Speaker of the house does not have the power to impeach or even investigate. The house has to vote on that before they can proceed with their investigation. The fact that they can not secure a majority vote show that they are grasping and straws and they have nothing.
We have checks and balances and they can challenge this with the supreme court. Even it would appear that the Supreme court has the power to appoint a president as they did with Bush.
The house has the power, not the committee. They are trying to claim they have that power independent of the house but they do not.
Using his office to harm a political opponent for personal reasons and extorting a foreign nation into interfering in our election cycle 2020.
No, he didn't. This is a lie propagated by Donald and his minions.
Biden was carrying out official US policy - he, unlike Donald, was not doing this on his own for his own gain, but because it was his job to do it.
There is no coverup of Biden because none is necessary.
Oh good heavens, Hillary the Evil Genius. That is fantasy.
We do have checks and balances but it is extremely unlikely that the Supreme Court would touch this with a 10-foot pole. The Constitution gives the Congress and only Congress the right to impeach any federal officer, including judges.
What? Oh, that supposedly is not what they did, although....
