This is the origin of the misimpression that Congress is bound to treat impeachment as mere authorization for the House to go to the Senate. It’s not. House Rules Ch. 27, Sec.8 expressly says an official *is* impeached by House adoption of the articles.
– Constitutional Scholar
Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe
December 22, 2019
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John McCain’s revenge from the grave : “I like people who weren’t IMPEACHED”!
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“The House cannot choose our Impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct. President Trump blocked his own witnesses and documents from the House, and from the American people, on phony complaints about the House process. What is his excuse now?” Speaker Nancy Pelosi 12/23/19