{"id":2019968,"date":"2023-09-01T23:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T03:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-stresses-formal-vote-for-biden-impeachment-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T23:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T03:44:59","slug":"mccarthy-stresses-formal-vote-for-biden-impeachment-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-stresses-formal-vote-for-biden-impeachment-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy emphasizes need for formal vote on Biden impeachment inquiry."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmccarthy-stresses-formal-vote-for-biden-impeachment-inquiry%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=2019968&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\u2063 Speaker Kevin McCarthy: Impeachment Inquiry Requires Formal Vote<\/h2>\n<p>House\u200d Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) emphasized \u2062on Friday that any impeachment inquiry into \u200dPresident Joe Biden would only proceed after \u2062a formal\u2064 vote on the\u2062 floor of \u2063the House of \u200bRepresentatives.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTo open an impeachment inquiry is a serious matter, and House Republicans would not take it lightly or use it for \u2064political purposes,&#8221; Mr. McCarthy told\u200d Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The American people deserve to be\u2062 heard on this matter through their elected representatives,\u201d he continued.\u2064 \u201cThat\u2019s why, if we move forward\u200c with an impeachment\u2063 inquiry, it would occur through a vote on the floor of \u2062the\u200c People\u2019s House and \u200cnot through a declaration by one person.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/republicans-investigate-possible-link-between-biden-aliases-and-his-classified-documents-case-5484998\">Republicans Investigate\u2063 Possible Link Between Biden Aliases and His \u200cClassified \u200bDocuments\u2063 Case<\/a> &#8211; 9\/1\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/lawsuit-uncovers-1000-emails-between-hunter-biden-business-firm-and-then-vp-father-5484483\">Lawsuit\u200d Uncovers 1,000 Emails Between Hunter Biden Business Firm \u2063and Then-VP Father<\/a> &#8211; 8\/31\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier \u200cthis week, \u200bMr. McCarthy suggested\u200c that impeachment \u2062proceedings against the president may\u200d commence soon due to lingering questions arising from \u2062the House Oversight and Accountability Committee&#8217;s inquiries into the Biden \u2064family&#8217;s business affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward with a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-stresses-formal-vote-for-biden-impeachment-inquiry\/\" title=\"McCarthy emphasizes need for formal vote on Biden impeachment inquiry.\">formal\u2062 impeachment inquiry<\/a> isn&#8217;t equivalent to impeaching the president. However, it \u200bsignifies a\u200b serious progression by\u2064 the \u2062GOP-majority House in its pursuit \u2064of this course.<\/p>\n<p>Voting to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against\u200d President Biden would need the support of a majority\u2014at least 218 votes in the House. Even if the president were\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-hires-defense-lawyer-amid-harassment-nursing-home-probes\/\" title=\"Andrew Cuomo Hires Defense Lawyer Amid Harassment, Nursing Home Probes\">face impeachment proceedings<\/a> in the\u2062 House, the chances of\u200b him being removed from office by the Senate are slim, given\u200d the Democratic majority in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>If it happens, the House would\u200d be \u2062granted &#8220;the apex of \u2063legal power to get \u200dall the information they need&#8221; to access the necessary information for investigating \u200bwhether President Biden improperly used his office to benefit his family&#8217;s businesses, the speaker told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Mr. McCarthy expressed his view that an impeachment inquiry \u200crepresents a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-claims-hunter-biden-investigation-due-to-house-republican-majority\/\" title=\"McCarthy alleges Hunter Biden probe driven by GOP majority in House.\">natural step forward<\/a>\u201d in the\u2064 House GOP&#8217;s probe of the\u200b Biden family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you look at all the \u200binformation\u200b we have\u2062 been able to gather\u2063 so far, it is\u200c a\u200b natural step forward \u2064that you would have\u2063 to go to an impeachment inquiry,&#8221; Mr. McCarthy said.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, \u200dMr.\u2064 McCarthy argued that initiating the inquiry was necessary to address\u2064 obstacles faced\u2064 by congressional investigators \u2064in their \u2064quest \u2062for transparency regarding \u2062the\u2062 business records \u2064of\u200b the Biden family.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns emerged following testimony from former \u2064Hunter Biden\u200c associate Devon Archer, who asserted that President Biden had met with Hunter Biden&#8217;s business associates during his vice presidency. Additionally, whistleblower claims from the IRS about Hunter Biden&#8217;s tax records have \u2064raised further questions.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>President Joe\u200c Biden \u2062(C) waves as he is joined by son Hunter Biden (L), grandson Beau Biden (2nd L), First \u2063Lady Jill Biden (3rd L), and daughter-in-law Melissa Cohen (R), \u2062as they stand at the top of the steps of Air\u2062 Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.,\u200b on \u2062Aug. 10, 2022. (Susan Walsh\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The White House has\u2062 not refuted Mr. Archer&#8217;s\u2062 allegations. President Biden has consistently denied any involvement\u200b in or knowledge of his son&#8217;s business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>Not all Republicans are convinced\u2062 about\u2062 moving \u2063ahead with an impeachment inquiry. Rep. \u2063Don Bacon\u2064 (R-Neb.) told The\u2064 Hill that he&#8217;d like to see &#8220;a direct link to \u2062the president \u200cin some evidence&#8221; \u2062of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should have some clear evidence of a high crime or misdemeanor,\u200d not \u2064just assuming there may be\u200b one,&#8221; Mr. Bacon said. \u200c&#8221;I think we need to have more concrete evidence to go down\u200d that path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Records\u200c obtained by Congress\u200b related to\u200b the \u200bBiden family&#8217;s business\u200c dealings have unveiled that over $20 million in payments from foreign entities had been directed to \u200bthe president&#8217;s relatives, including Hunter Biden, and their business \u2062partners during the period when Mr.\u2062 Biden served as the\u200b vice \u2064president of\u200b the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) emphasized that an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden would require a formal vote in the House of Representatives. 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