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House Republicans Pass on Lauren Boebert’s Push to Impeach Biden

 

“I think to prematurely bring something up like that … it undercuts what we’re doing” Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday.

 

BY NIKKI MCCANN RAMIREZ

JUNE 22, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) listens to testimony from witnesses during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the U.S. southern border, in the Rayburn

House Office Building on February 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing to investigate security concerns at the U.S. southern border. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

 

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Feb. 7, 2023 in Washington, DC.

 

LAUREN BOEBERT’S RESOLUTION to impeach President Joe Biden caused drama with fellow MAGA representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday, and now Republican leadership has thrown a bucket of ice water on the ploy. Republicans punted the resolution to the House Judiciary and Homeland Security committees in a party-line vote on Thursday after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reportedly raised concerns that they needed to pump the brakes on the process.

 

The Colorado congresswoman used procedural tactics on Wednesday to force a vote on the resolution, which sought to impeach Biden over his administration’s border and immigration policies. Shortly before Thursday’s vote, Boebert delivered a speech to the chamber, calling her efforts “historic.”

 

“For the first time in 24 years, a House Republican-led majority is moving forward with impeachment proceedings against a current president,” she said. “This bill allows impeachment proceedings to proceed through the traditional institutional channels by building a body of evidence at the committee level.”

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lauren-boebert-biden-impeachment-resolution-committee-1234776370/