An impeachment resolution, which charges President Biden with 'high crimes and misdemeanors' over his handling of the US border with Mexico, angered GOP colleagues who were caught off guard by the unscripted move.
WASHINGTON — A surprise effort by hard-right House Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden has been sidelined for now, but the ability of GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert to force the issue to a House vote demonstrates the ever-escalating challenge Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces in controlling his Republican majority.
It's the same method another hard-right conservative, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., used Wednesday toover his investigations into Donald Trump's ties to Russia."Kevin McCarthy has no control over his conference," Schiff said. "The race to the extreme is now running the House of Representatives and of course it's doing terrible damage to the institution."
"This is what we were talking about," said Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, a leader in the conservative efforts to block McCarthy's rise to speaker as they brokered greater say in the House process.Behind closed doors Wednesday, McCarthy encouraged lawmakers to consider the traditional process for bringing such consequential legislation forward.
"I can't vote for the impeachment at this point because there's been no investigation," he said. "Everybody has to be given due process."Rank-and-file Republicans were angry at being forced into the position of having to vote on a resolution to impeach Biden even though they had not gone through the traditional process of an impeachment inquiry. They resented a single lawmaker jumping the queue of priorities.
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