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  • Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges
    by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, February 05, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of impeachment charges Wednesday (Feb. 5) in only the third such action in American history.

    Senators voted 52-48 against an article of impeachment brought by the U.S. House of Representatives that charged the president with abuse of power. They also voted 53-47 against an article accusing him of obstruction of Congress. As expected, the Senate fell far short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict and remove Trump from office. Read More

  • House OKs impeachment for only third time
    by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, December 19, 2019 (4 years ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The third impeachment of a president in American history came Wednesday night (Dec. 18) in a still deeply divided U.S. House of Representatives and country.

    The House passed two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump without any Republican members voting for them. Democrats voted 230-197 to approve an article charging the president with abuse of power and 229-198 for a charge of obstruction of Congress. Two Democratic members voted against the abuse of power article and three against the obstruction article. Read More

  • House moves toward impeachment vote
    by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, December 05, 2019 (4 years ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi signaled Thursday (Dec. 5) the Democrat-controlled chamber is committed to holding a vote soon to impeach President Trump.

    Pelosi announced she is asking the chairmen of House of Representatives committees investigating the president to draft articles of impeachment. An impeachment vote reportedly could occur before Christmas. Read More

  • Divided House approves impeachment inquiry
    by Staff, posted Friday, November 01, 2019 (4 years ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. House of Representatives' nearly party-line vote Thursday (Oct. 31) in support of a presidential impeachment inquiry for only the fourth time in American history reflected the deep division in Congress and the country over the issue.

    The House voted 232-196 for a resolution instructing committees to continue their investigations into whether evidence exits to impeach President Trump and establishing rules for the process. No Republican members voted for the resolution, while only two Democrats voted against it. Read More