{"id":2017028,"date":"2023-08-30T16:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T20:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-looks-to-pelosi-playbook-before-potential-biden-impeachment-inquiry-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T16:10:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T20:10:48","slug":"gop-looks-to-pelosi-playbook-before-potential-biden-impeachment-inquiry-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-looks-to-pelosi-playbook-before-potential-biden-impeachment-inquiry-report\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP seeks guidance from Pelosi playbook ahead of possible Biden impeachment inquiry: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-looks-to-pelosi-playbook-before-potential-biden-impeachment-inquiry-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2017028&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Republicans May Use Pelosi&#8217;s \u200cTactic to Push for Biden Impeachment<\/h2>\n<p>House \u2063Republicans are considering a strategy used by \u2062former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nancy-pelosi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) \u200dto initiate an\u2063 impeachment inquiry into President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe \u200dBiden<\/a> \u200b even without majority support in the chamber, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>House\u2062 Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has been in discussions\u2063 with \u2062other members of the Republican caucus\u200b to devise\u200b a plan\u2063 for an \u200dimpeachment inquiry into Biden. However, McCarthy currently lacks the necessary votes in the House to bring the inquiry up for a vote\u200b in the \u200dchamber, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/28\/politics\/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-strategy\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u200d is working against a tight timeline, aiming to\u2063 commence \u200bthe impeachment \u200cinquiry by the end of September. To spare his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-democratic-voters-support-israel\/\" title=\"Poll: Democratic Voters Support Israel\">moderate members<\/a> from a potentially controversial vote, \u2063McCarthy and other top Republicans \u2062are considering following \u200dPelosi&#8217;s precedent: initiating the \u2062inquiry first and then bringing \u200dit up for a\u2063 vote later, according to sources cited by \u200dCNN.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that there\u200d is no constitutional \u2062requirement for an official impeachment inquiry to begin with a vote \u200din the chamber. However, Pelosi deviated from historical precedent by \u200bunilaterally announcing an official impeachment inquiry into former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Pelosi&#8217;s Unilateral Announcement<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cToday, I am announcing \u200cthe House of Representatives is \u2064moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry,\u201d Pelosi declared prior to Trump&#8217;s first impeachment. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-impeachment-inquiry\/pelosi-announce-formal-impeachment-inquiry-trump-n1058251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> that various \u2063ongoing House investigations into Trump would \u2062be consolidated under the &#8220;umbrella&#8221; of an official impeachment inquiry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pelosi&#8217;s announcement allowed \u200csome Democratic caucus members to avoid a vote that might have faced backlash from their constituents. However,\u2062 Republicans vehemently criticized\u200d Pelosi&#8217;s move, arguing that the\u200d inquiry\u2064 should have been approved by \u200ba\u200d majority of the House.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1693504018745000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1RMMjCvCBOBYdpkw5O_njE\">CLICK HERE \u2062TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) expressed his skepticism at the time, stating in a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> that &#8220;claiming the\u200d House is conducting an impeachment inquiry doesn&#8217;t make it so. Until the full House votes to\u200d authorize an inquiry, nobody is conducting a\u2064 formal inquiry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b impeachment\u200b inquiry proceeded for over a month before \u2063it was eventually brought up for a vote and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/31\/us\/politics\/house-impeachment-vote.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> \u200cin the House.<\/p>\n<p>Now,\u200d McCarthy is contemplating a similar\u200b approach to protect moderate\u2064 members of his caucus, who were elected in \u200bareas\u200b leaning towards Biden, from having to take a controversial vote that could harm their standing with voters. Given Pelosi&#8217;s maneuvering \u2063in the\u200b Trump impeachment, Republicans seem\u2064 willing to accept an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-looks-to-pelosi-playbook-before-potential-biden-impeachment-inquiry-report\/\" title=\"GOP seeks guidance from Pelosi playbook ahead of possible Biden impeachment inquiry: Report\">official inquiry launched<\/a> under comparable circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that a vote \u2063of the House is required \u2062to open\u2063 an impeachment inquiry,&#8221; stated Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, in an interview with CNN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are reportedly considering adopting a strategy employed by Nancy Pelosi to initiate an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, even without majority support. Kevin McCarthy, the House Speaker, has engaged in discussions with fellow Republicans to develop this plan, as per a recent report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2017029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}