The lead up to this impeachment had an extensive effort in time and content. No Republican has a right to complain, yet, Cole complains exactly of that.
H.Res.660 (click here) - Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.
H.Res 755 (click here) - Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The Republicans proposed legislation that was to obstruct democracy. They know better than this. The Trump Republicans are attempting to impugn the USA Constitution. The Republicans need to stop implicating themselves in assaultive priorities of their caucus to answer to the president they went to every length to protect him and maintain his power in office.
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Passed House (10/31/2019)
This resolution directs the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to impeach President Trump.
When does it end, especially considering Trump states there is no right to investigate him?
The resolution authorizes (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to conduct investigative proceedings, and (2) the chair of any committee having custody of materials relating to the inquiry to transfer the materials to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The House authorizes the Committee on the Judiciary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry. The committee shall report to the House such resolutions, articles of impeachment, or other recommendations as it deems proper.
HR Res. never passed into law and I am surprised it made it's way out of committee. This assaults Due Process.
SEC. 2. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE.
For the purpose of continuing the investigation described in the first section of this resolution, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (referred to in this resolution as the “Permanent Select Committee”) is authorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows:
(1) The chair of the Permanent Select Committee shall designate an open hearing or hearings pursuant to this section.
This assaults the national security of the USA. Congress is allowed to carry out closed sessions for the protection of the country while processing grievances that have lead to this impeachment. This directly assaults the Whistleblower Law.
How did this piece of junk make it out of committee?
(2) Notwithstanding (in spite of) clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI (click here) (the original rule was written in 2007. It's been fine up to now.) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon recognition by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee shall be permitted to question witnesses for equal specified periods of longer than five minutes, as determined by the chair. The time available for each period of questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. The chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of such questioning, but each period of questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. (Amazing. So the Chair and Ranking Member would have no more than 90 minutes per question to pass on to their members to carry out obstruction of forward movement of hearings. The gall involved in this proposal cannot be understated.) Only the chair and ranking minority member, or a Permanent Select Committee employee if yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, may question witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant to this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI.
I am convinced the Republican Party is completely compromised by the president and his hideous and unconstitutional demands to protect his own interests. The resolve available to them is for Republican members have is to leave the party. That is not a democracy. It is very concerning to realize the extent elected members of the party will carry out an assault against the USA Constitution. The American people knew what they were voting for in 2018.
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The resolution authorizes (1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to conduct investigative proceedings, and (2) the chair of any committee having custody of materials relating to the inquiry to transfer the materials to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The House authorizes the Committee on the Judiciary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry. The committee shall report to the House such resolutions, articles of impeachment, or other recommendations as it deems proper.
HR Res. never passed into law and I am surprised it made it's way out of committee. This assaults Due Process.
SEC. 2. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE.
For the purpose of continuing the investigation described in the first section of this resolution, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (referred to in this resolution as the “Permanent Select Committee”) is authorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows:
(1) The chair of the Permanent Select Committee shall designate an open hearing or hearings pursuant to this section.
This assaults the national security of the USA. Congress is allowed to carry out closed sessions for the protection of the country while processing grievances that have lead to this impeachment. This directly assaults the Whistleblower Law.
How did this piece of junk make it out of committee?
(2) Notwithstanding (in spite of) clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI (click here) (the original rule was written in 2007. It's been fine up to now.) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon recognition by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee shall be permitted to question witnesses for equal specified periods of longer than five minutes, as determined by the chair. The time available for each period of questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. The chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of such questioning, but each period of questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. (Amazing. So the Chair and Ranking Member would have no more than 90 minutes per question to pass on to their members to carry out obstruction of forward movement of hearings. The gall involved in this proposal cannot be understated.) Only the chair and ranking minority member, or a Permanent Select Committee employee if yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, may question witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant to this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI.
I am convinced the Republican Party is completely compromised by the president and his hideous and unconstitutional demands to protect his own interests. The resolve available to them is for Republican members have is to leave the party. That is not a democracy. It is very concerning to realize the extent elected members of the party will carry out an assault against the USA Constitution. The American people knew what they were voting for in 2018.
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