So it looks like Joe Biden is the fourth U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, after Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998, and Trump (twice!!). – The talking heads can’t bring themselves to report it this way, but that’s what it looks like to me.
If I’m reading this incorrectly, please let me know.
If true, it would mean Biden would be removed from office if subsequently convicted in a Senate impeachment trial.
118th CONGRESS
1st Session |
Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Gaetz, and Mr. Crane) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Rereferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment” and that the President of the United States “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”. In his conduct as President of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of the President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed—Joseph R. Biden, Jr., has abused the powers of the office of the President of the United States, in that:
Using the powers of his high office, President Biden has knowingly presided over an executive branch that has continuously, overtly, and consistently violated Federal immigration law by pursuing an aggressive, open-borders agenda by purposefully and knowingly releasing more than 2,000,000 illegal aliens into the interior of the United States without the intention or ability to ensure that they appear in immigration court to face asylum or deportation proceedings.
President Biden has intentionally facilitated a complete and total invasion at the southern border. President Biden ended the Migrant Protection Protocols to require aliens seeking asylum to remain in Mexico while being processed by the Department of Homeland Security. President Biden has closed Department of Homeland Security detention facilities and refused to cooperate with State and local law enforcement officials in securing the border. He has allowed illegal aliens to enter the United States as asylum seekers despite knowing they did not qualify for asylum. President Biden has pursued this open-border agenda purposefully and willfully, circumventing every safeguard, check, and balance required by law, resulting in mass illegal immigration into the United States, to the detriment of the American people.
President Biden, with such conduct, has demonstrated a failure to uphold Federal immigration law, violating his oath to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with the rule of law and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, President Biden, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
ARTICLE II: DERELICTION OF DUTY
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment” and that the President of the United States “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”. In his conduct as President of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of the President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed—Joseph R. Biden, Jr., has neglected the constitutional duty of the office of the President of the United States, in that:
Neglecting the powers of his high office, President Biden has abandoned his duties to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed and upheld, by presiding over an executive branch that has continually, overtly, and consistently refused to enforce the Nation’s immigration laws and secure the southern border. President Biden has endangered the security of the United States and the health and safety of the American people. President Biden has caused a national security crisis and is endangering the lives of the American people.
President Biden has presided over the largest influx of illegal immigrants in American history, and as evidence of his dereliction, the deportation cases pursued by his administration are at historic lows. President Biden’s negligence of duty has resulted in the surrender of operational control of the border to the complete and total control of foreign, criminal cartels—putting the lives of American citizens in jeopardy. On President Biden’s watch, illegal aliens have been processed and released into the interior of the country under a mass system of parole, contrary to the clear terms of Federal immigration law. Utilizing the “CBP ONE” program, the executive branch will release nearly 40,000 illegal aliens per month into the United States. He has failed to uphold the mandatory detention and deportation provisions of immigration laws, resulting in the mass entry of inadmissible aliens and the continued presence of deportable aliens. Through this complete and total dereliction of duty and extreme absence in oversight of his own administration’s policies, President Biden has allowed more than 1,500,000 illegal immigrants to invade the southern border. On Joe Biden’s watch, illicit fentanyl has killed more than 100,000 American citizens. In fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol seized more than 9,000 pounds of fentanyl at the southern border.
In his failure to uphold the rule of law, President Biden has demonstrated that he will neglect his duty to execute the office to which he has been entrusted, violating his oath to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with his constitutional duty to take care that the laws of the United States be faithfully executed.
Wherefore, President Biden, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/503/text
In the House only a simple majority is needed to impeach. Such a vote might happen there, as it did concerning those earlier presidents.
But then the matter would move to the Senate and a two-thirds vote would be needed to actually convict and remove Biden With all the Democrats in the Senate now, I must deflate your fantasy George. Biden would be retained in office by a Senate vote, just like the others were.
This does not mean that going through the impeachment procedure would be a waster of time for the Republicans. It would provide a vote record that might embarrass a few Democrats in the House and Senate who represent marginal distracts.
It appears as though this has been written as a bill for an act would be written, i.e. in anticipation that the wording here will be used for the resolution if it clears the committees of the judiciary and homeland security and is sent to the whole House. I’m going to assume that those two committees will debate the issue and, perhaps, amend the language, blending it for presentation to a plenary session of the House. Debate will be fierce in both committees, but if it passes and the resolution hits the House floor, the fireworks will begin and most Americans will hear soundbites from it, as selected by the various newsrooms for targeted consumption.
As Mr. Sakelaris says, a simple majority vote in the House will send the resolution to the Senate for trial, where it will most likely die just as previous impeachments died. Even so, Mr. Biden will be on record as the latest in a recent line of presidents to be impeached.
Frankly, I think that the ostensible reason for Bill Clinton’s impeachment, i.e. lying about sex with Monica Lewinsky, was flimsy at best and set a distasteful precedent as we had been a republic for about 220 years and only Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln’s lackluster successor had been impeached before. Johnson was saved from removal from office by one vote in the Senate, as described in John F. Kennedy’s book, Profiles in Courage.
If you ask me, I would like the House to take a little more time and assemble a stronger list of crimes and misdemeanors to cast at this president, as his presidency has been a total disaster in every aspect. He has done his very best with the help of his handlers to dismantle our republic in every way he can.
Bribery by the Communist Party of China would be an obvious “whereas”. Another “whereas” might be his non-declaration of war on Russia, although that would be a stretch. Another one might be the mishandling of classified documents. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. I would say take your time and build a comprehensive case against the traitor. On the other hand, once autumn comes, these politicians will be concerned about campaigns during a presidential election year, so maybe the time to drop the hammer is now.
By a vote of 219 to 208, the House referred two articles of impeachment [presumably to the Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees] — one for abuse of power and one for dereliction of duty.
I’m not sure it comes back to the House at this point. Does it? It’s shameful what I don’t know.
It was referred to the committees to slow it down it per McCarthy. But it is still in the House. He may have to let it go to a House vote though. This was Boebert’s resolution. She’s a bit more edgy than MTG and pushed it through. Greene’s got tabled early on.
Many feel they have a duty to do this. I tend to believe it’s a mistake unless you think you have the votes to remove. If not, it’s mainly theater.
Is it just me or did other people feel it was vastly inappropriate for MTG to talk about Boebert being “bitchy?” I was kind of shocked. Not because I don’t believe her but because it was weirdly inappropriate to say something like that about someone you have to work with. What does she expect when she goes into the belly of the beast we call politics?
MTG is aggravated because Boebert and Gaetz turned on McCarthy, whom she supported. It’s going to come back on her though. McCarthy is, at heart, an Establishment guy and it will show more and more over time.
Bills generally are referred to a committee for debate and amendment before returning to the full House. He’s not impeached until that final vote.
“…most Americans will hear soundbites from it, as selected
by the various newsrooms for targeted consumption.”
The emphases are mine.
Let us rejoice!
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/judge-bars-biden-officials-agencies-contacting-social-media-companies
Don’t expect much from known RINO McCarthy:
https://twitter.com/lauraloomer/status/1676050359427514371?s=43&t=f3aMdmUs-8hDV-K09VH61A
Looks like Zelensky was just visiting the White House!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/06/white-house-turns-crime-scene-secret-service-hunts-cocaine-smuggler/