{"id":14187,"date":"2023-06-21T04:39:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T09:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=14187"},"modified":"2023-06-21T04:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T09:39:58","slug":"house-to-vote-on-biden-impeachment-and-schiff-censure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=14187","title":{"rendered":"House to vote on Biden impeachment and Schiff censure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The House will vote this week on a pair of resolutions impeaching President Biden<\/a> and censuring Rep. Adam Schiff<\/a> (D-Calif.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why it matters: Both measures were introduced by members of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, who have proven increasingly willing to try to force votes that could divide their party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was demonstrated last week, when 20 Republicans helped to kill an iteration of the Schiff censure<\/a> last week that included a $16 million fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driving the news: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) introduced a privileged motion on Tuesday to force a vote on her two articles of impeachment against Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resolution charges Biden with abuse of power and dereliction of duty over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), meanwhile, is making another run \u2014 without the fine \u2014 at passing her resolution to censure Schiff over his claims about former President Trump’s ties to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state of play: While Luna’s resolution appears to have the votes to pass now that she has removed the fine, Boebert’s resolution is treading into uncharted territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some centrist and swing-district Republicans have balked at the idea of impeaching Biden’s cabinet secretaries, let alone Biden himself, without clear evidence of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I don’t think that impeachment is something that should be taken lightly,” Biden-district Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) told Axios last week. “I think the House should only impeach when it is likely … to have the votes in the House and the Senate.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) forced two such votes against then-President Trump in 2017<\/a> and 2018<\/a>, though most Democrats joined Republicans in voting against his resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we’re watching: Luna pushing her Schiff censure appears to have opened the floodgates for right-wing lawmakers to pursue similar efforts, with or without buy-in from GOP leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who has introduced a slew of impeachment resolutions against Biden and his officials, told Politico<\/a> she plans to force votes on them as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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