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Could This Be The 1st Step In The Impeachment Process? Democrat Files 'Resolution of Inquiry' on Trump
[ThRoot] A senior member of the House Judiciary Committee introduced a Resolution of Inquiry on Thursday that directs the Department of Justice to provide the House of Representatives with any and all information relevant to an inquiry into President Trump and his associates’ conflicts of interest, ethical violations (including the Emoluments Clause), and Russia ties.
I've been having a conversation on Facebook with a true believer. She honestly thinks that the Congress will impeach and remove Trump. I keep pointing out that the Pubs distracted themselves for eight years by thinking that any day now they'd impeach Champ. How'd that work out? And impeaching Bush. We did impeach Clinton, and what did we get for that? So go ahead, I told her, work yourself to the bone in an effort to impeach Trump. I certainly can use the entertainment.
The House Judiciary Committee has 14 days to debate and vote on whether the resolution Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced should be introduced to the floor, and if it does not do so within that 14-day period, then the resolution can be brought to the floor in front of the full house for a vote.
Republican committee head: "Utter nonsense -- file in the circular file, and let's get in with the next confirmation."
According to the Washington Post, Nadler is "dusting off a little-used legislative tool to force a committee debate or floor vote on an issue."
"All in favour of filing in the circular file say, "Aye."
"AYE!"
"All opposed say "Nay."
"Nay."
"The ayes have it. The next item on the committee agenda is the next confirmation."
More from the Washington Post:

Nadler’s resolution asks Attorney General Jeff Sessions to provide "copies of any document, record, memo, correspondence, or other communication of the Department of Justice" that pertains to any "criminal or counterintelligence investigation" into Trump, his White House team or certain campaign associates; any investment made by a foreign power or agent thereof in Trump’s businesses; Trump’s plans to distance himself from his business empire; and any Trump-related examination of federal conflict of interest laws or the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

The full text of Nadler’s resolution can be read here.

Nadler is the No. 2-ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, and he said that the move came after Democrats sent two letters to Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), one on Nov. 30, 2016 and a second on Jan. 24, 2017, and another letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) asking for investigations into Trump’s financial entanglements.

"All of this demands investigation, and of course they’ve refused," Nadler said Thursday at the House Democrats’ annual policy retreat here. "This resolution will force them to confront the issue."
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2017-02-13
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