House Set to Take Major Step Toward Impeachment Hearings Next Week

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

With a majority of House Democrats now supporting an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, the House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would establish parameters and procedures for future hearings.

According to Politico, the coming resolution was discussed by committee Democrats during a Friday conference call, and a draft is expected to be released on Monday.

CNN also reported that the resolution will cover how Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler will conduct the possible hearings and how the panel might deal with secret grand jury information and closed door sessions.

The number of House Democrats calling for an impeachment investigation has grown to 134, a majority, with most putting aside whether or not the move is politically advantageous. Last month during a town hall in her home district, Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), who flipped her seat from red to blue, told a constituent who said “impeachment was a mistake” and would help reelect Trump, “I came out in favor of impeaching Donald Trump because no American, especially not a democratically elected President, can be above the rule of law.” Porter’s response drew applause from the hundreds in attendance, according to CNN.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/house-impeachment-hearings-881390/

[Hekate]

2. KnR

[Snake Plissken]

3. Next week? What are they doing today?

Golfing with Trump?

Everyone in Congress should be working 16 hours a day 7 days a week until Trump is properly dealt with.

We have a major crisis on our hands and they're intentionally dragging their heels to milk this disaster until the 2020 election, meanwhile out country is being torn apart

[RKP5637]

4. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Maven]

5. By all means take your time!!!!!!!

It's not like we have a demented chaos agent installed in the White House by our enemy who is dismantling our government institutions, engaging in brazen corruption, alienating our allies, torturing children and families and installing his apparatchiks at every agency he can get his hands on!!! No rush!

[triron]

6. Tell it like it is! Thank you.

[lastlib]

8. Take the time to get it right.....

...but HURRY-THE-F*CK-UP every chance you get!! We have WEEKS to get this done, NOT years!

[Kurt V.]

7. sure

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

9. Plodding House Dems vs. Turtle Man (a.k.a. "Moscow Mitch") - who will win?

You decide!

Race to the election

Meanwhile, on the border, preparations begin:

[Skittles]

10. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[EffieBlack]

11. LOL. This is obviously not for some people want to hear

Judging by the snarky responses here and in other threads, it looks like some of the louder members of the “Those Weak Democrats Had Better Start an Impeachment Inquiry NOW or I’m Gonna” Brigade don’t really want the Dems to start an impeachment inquiry at all, but, really just want to smear Democrats.

Now they’re going to have to find something else to complain about.

But I’m sure they’ll find something. They usually do, because that’s what they do.

[StarfishSaver]

12. "Start impeachment now! What? They've started an impeachment inquiry? Um ..."

Well, it's not an official impeachment inquiry because they didn't get authorization from a majority of the House.

They don't need a resolution from the House to start?

Well, why aren't they doing HEARINGS?!

They're going to do hearings? Oh, big deal. They should do them faster!

And besides, what good are hearings anyway. If they don't have the grand jury materials and witnesses refuse to testify, what's the point? Impeach!

What's that you say? They've already gone to court to get the grand jury materials and to enforce their subpoenas to get witnesses to testify? Well, what good is that going to do? That takes too long! They're just stalling and making excuses because Pelosi doesn't want to impeach! And she's so powerful and scary that no one there makes a move unless she says it's ok.

Except she doesn't want them to open an impeachment inquiry but they're doing it anyway over her objections.

They're doing it ALL wrong!

What do I think they should do instead of what they're doing now?

Hummuna hummuna. Crickets.

You're right. Some of these people don't really want impeachment. They have a different agenda altogether.