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Sogo

(4,986 posts)
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 12:27 AM Sep 2019

House panel to take formal steps on impeachment probe next week

It may not be happening fast enough for some, but they're following the necessary procedures....


https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/politics/house-panel-impeachment-probe-steps/index.html


(CNN)The House Judiciary Committee is prepared to vote next week on a resolution laying out the procedures for its investigation now that it is actively considering moving to impeach President Donald Trump, a major step toward formalizing its sweeping probe, according to multiple sources familiar with the effort.

The vote, which is expected to occur on Wednesday, will lay out the ground rules for conducting hearings now that the committee has publicly announced it is considering recommending articles of impeachment against Trump. It is expected to follow the precedent set in 1974 over the committee's procedures during then-President Richard Nixon's impeachment proceedings.
Sources told CNN on Friday that the resolution is expected to spell out that Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, has the authority to call hearings at either the full committee or subcommittee level in connection with its impeachment deliberations.

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House panel to take formal steps on impeachment probe next week (Original Post) Sogo Sep 2019 OP
Woot!!! secondwind Sep 2019 #1
They'd better plan for swift and decisive action to arrest & force the subpoena no-shows to testify. NBachers Sep 2019 #2
hope this is true larwdem Sep 2019 #3
let's hope they mean business this time. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #4

NBachers

(17,097 posts)
2. They'd better plan for swift and decisive action to arrest & force the subpoena no-shows to testify.
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 01:48 AM
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