Effort to force Trump impeachment vote fails in House of Representatives

Posted on AllSides July 18th, 2019
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Most Democrats in the House of Representatives joined every Republican to prevent a vote on impeaching President Donald Trump Wednesday.

Using a procedural tactic known as a privileged resolution, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) forced the House to take action on articles of impeachment — something Democratic leaders opposed.

But the House did not directly vote on whether Trump should be impeached. The vote was instead about whether Green’s impeachment resolution should be set aside (“tabled”), as leaders of both parties wanted.

A “yea” vote meant shelving impeachment for now (though...

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