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House Dem pulls back from forcing impeachment vote
House Democrat unveils articles of impeachment against Trump
House Democrat unveils articles of impeachment against Trump
TheHill.com
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Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) refrained from forcing a vote Wednesday on articles of impeachment against President Trump, but said his push isn’t over yet.
Green unveiled articles of impeachment on the House floor that argued Trump has “brought disrepute on the presidency” by “fueling an alt-right hate machine” that is causing "immediate injury to American society.”
Green announced his intention on the House floor to offer the impeachment articles as a privileged resolution, which under House rules allows any member to force a vote within two legislative days.
The GOP presiding officer moved to consider Green’s resolution less than an hour later. But Green did not show up, allowing the window for consideration to pass for now.
House Republicans presumably would have moved to table Green’s articles of impeachment and prevented an up-or-down vote on them. But Green still could have forced a procedural vote to challenge the GOP’s ruling that would have served as the first vote in Congress related to impeaching Trump.
Green said he didn’t immediately force a vote because he wants his colleagues and the public to review the articles of impeachment first.
“I want my colleagues to have a chance to review it and I want the American people to get some sense of what’s going on,” Green told reporters just off the House floor.
Democratic leadership was not informed in advance that Green was going to unveil the articles of impeachment on Wednesday, an aide said. Green first announced his plans in late September to file articles of impeachment and force a vote, but had not indicated the precise timing.
Green wouldn’t specify when he might try to force a vote at a later time.
“I will not indicate when, but I will indicate that it will be brought up,” Green said.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/354974-house-dems-pulls-back-from-forcing-impeachment-vote