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    Werewolf House to vote on whether to consider articles of impeachment for Trump

    The House is slated to vote Wednesday afternoon on whether to immediately consider articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, the first barometer of efforts to remove the president by the Democrat-led House.

    The move, forced by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), who used a procedural mechanism that required action within two days, is unlikely to succeed. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has long opposed efforts to immediately begin impeachment proceedings against Trump and confirmed she would not support Green’s resolution.

    “No I don’t,” Pelosi told reporters Wednesday when asked about Green’s effort. “Does that come as a surprise?” she added with laughter.

    She said later at a press conference that there are "six committees that are working on following the facts ... That is the serious path that we are on."

    Green, cited Trump’s recent racist tweets against four Democratic congresswomen as the impetus for his effort to force the issue.

    “It is time for us to send the president a clear message that he is not above the law,” Green said from the House floor Wednesday morning.

    House leaders are likely to sideline Green’s measure with their own procedural vote: moving either to table his articles and delay them or to bottle them up in the Judiciary Committee. Pelosi wouldn’t answer questions about which route they would take.

    Green has said he’ll oppose either move, but a majority of Democrats are expected to side with leadership.

    Republicans are likely to join Democrats in moving to derail the measure, and the White House has urged Republicans to vote to table the measure, but Democrats are warily watching to see whether Republicans consider any procedural trickery and join Green in opposing a delay and forcing the House to take an up-or-down vote on the articles of impeachment

    Pelosi also hosted a meeting with Democrats on Wednesday morning so they could hear an update on the ongoing litigation involving Trump from the House counsel.

    Lawmakers who lead the caucus’ messaging arm gave a presentation on what Democrats should talk about back in their districts during the six week August recess. On the topic of impeachment, members were told to answer the question and then quickly pivot to touting their legislative achievements, according to lawmakers in the room.

    Meanwhile, Green’s comments are stoking concern among some of his Democratic colleagues about its effect on next week’s hearing with special counsel Robert Mueller, a high-profile event that some backers of Trump’s impeachment hope will energize their efforts before the House departs for the recess.

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    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Why lead and fund the country when you can waste more taxpayer time and monies doing things like this? It is after all their true goal. Pathetic.

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