House to Debate Impeachement of Vice President Cheney?

[j555]

So is Bailey right that this will just get stuck in committee and go nowhere?

[Ineedaride2]

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However, it appears Republicans have switched votes in large #s, presumably to give the far-left an opportunity to expose their radicalism without actually putting Cheney at risk.

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Or maybe Republicans realize their party is in trouble and Cheney has disgraced it and they might extricate themselves more smoothly from this history if they have a fall guy?

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No. That's definitely not the reason.

They're hoping to expose the far left's influence over the Democratic Party.

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Ha. Wait a minute. People actually think the far left has influence over the democratic party?

So THAT'S why the republicans never ever get their way in the house or the senate, and why Bush has largely been contained from doing a lot of the things he wants.

Oh wait...

[AngusThermopyle]

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Why would it matter--he would just get pardoned anyway if it somehow got legs.

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Article 2 - The Executive Branch
Section 2 - Civilian Power Over Military, Cabinet, Pardon Power, Appointments

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

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[iron81]

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well, it passed.

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What was the breakdown by party?

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All but five Democrats voted to let it die in committee. The vast majority of Rs voted against.

[Barretboy]

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well, it passed.

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What was the breakdown by party?

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looked like only 5 from dems were neys and 4 from repubs were yehs

[Ineedaride2]

Nobody in Washington is going to go after one of their own.

[Dynasty]

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So is Bailey right that this will just get stuck in committee and go nowhere?

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It's hard to judge. Can a committe just ignore an impeachment referral?

The Democratic leadership will definitely like to see this killed. They don't want this dominating the House agenda.

[Bump_Bailey]

Democrats on Judiciary Committee.
# John Conyers, Chairman, Michigan
# Howard L. Berman, California
# Rick Boucher, Virginia
# Jerrold Nadler, New York
# Robert C. Scott, Virginia
# Mel Watt, North Carolina
# Zoe Lofgren, California
# Sheila Jackson-Lee, Texas
# Maxine Waters, California
# Bill Delahunt, Massachusetts
# Robert Wexler, Florida
# Linda T. Sánchez, California
# Steve Cohen, Tennessee
# Hank Johnson, Georgia
# Luis Gutierrez, Illinois
# Brad Sherman, California
# Anthony D. Weiner, New York
# Adam B. Schiff, California
# Artur Davis, Alabama
# Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
# Keith Ellison, Minnesota
# Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin[1]

Republicans
* Lamar S. Smith, Ranking Member, Texas
* Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin
* Howard Coble, North Carolina
* Elton Gallegly, California
* Bob Goodlatte, Virginia
* Steve Chabot, Ohio
* Dan Lungren, California
* Chris Cannon, Utah
* Ric Keller, Florida
* Darrell Issa, California
* Mike Pence, Indiana
* Randy Forbes, Virginia
* Steve King, Iowa
* Tom Feeney, Florida
* Trent Franks, Arizona
* Louie Gohmert, Texas
* Jim Jordan, Ohio

[iron81]

I guess I'm confused on what they were voting on. I thought the vote was on asking the Judiciary committee to investigate impeaching Cheney and a yea vote was a vote to do this. Furthermore, I thought referring this to committee was part of the GOP master plan. However, you're saying the GOP was voting nay?