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Members of the House of Representatives vote on the articles of impeachment for the first impeachment of Donald Trump. In the United States, federal impeachment is the process by which the House of Representatives charges the president, vice president, or another civil federal officer for alleged misconduct. The House can impeach an individual ...
The Cook Partisan Voting Index, abbreviated PVI or CPVI, is a measurement of how partisan [1] a United States congressional district or state is. This partisanship [2] is indicated as lean towards either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, compared to the nation as a whole, based on how that district or state voted in the previous two presidential elections.
On October 8, 1998, the United States House of Representatives voted to authorize a broad impeachment inquiry, thereby initiating the impeachment process. [22] The Republican controlled House of Representatives had decided this with a bipartisan vote of 258–176, with 31 Democrats joining Republicans. [23]
The Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, the first presidential impeachment trial in US history. In the United States, impeachment is the process by which a legislature may bring charges against an officeholder for misconduct alleged to have been committed with a penalty of removal. Impeachment may also occur at the state level if the state or ...
A report containing articles of impeachment was accepted by the full House on August 20, 1974, by a vote of 412–3. [ 40 ] Although Nixon was never formally impeached, this is the only impeachment attempt to result in the president resigning from office.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives took a procedural step on Thursday toward voting to authorize their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, an escalation of a Republican ...
House of Representatives rules currently require a several-step process before a vote on impeachment can be held, including a requirement that 63 members of the House (equivalent to three-fifths of its membership) vote to permit articles of impeachment to be considered by the House [9] [10] Alaska: Senate (two-thirds vote needed)
The Constitution empowers the House of Representatives to impeach federal officials for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors" and empowers the Senate to try such impeachments. The House may approve "articles of impeachment" by a simple majority vote; however, a two-thirds vote is required for conviction in the Senate.