House Of Representatives Approves Resolution To Impeach Trump

<p><em>House Of Representatives led by Nancy Pelosi has approved a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;l">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>has gathered that the House of Representatives voted Tuesday night to approve a resolution calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment in the wake of the violent siege of the US Capitol last week&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is coming after President Trump advised that further move to impeach him would create an insurrection in the United States<br &sol;>&NewLine;The vote amounts to a symbolic rebuke after Vice President Mike Pence made clear earlier in the evening that he has no plans to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove the President in a letter released just hours ahead of the House vote&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It comes as House Democrats are now moving rapidly towards impeaching the President for a second time as a result of the insurrection&comma; which Trump incited after repeatedly making false claims that the election had been stolen from him and calling for his supporters to fight back&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;House Democrats plan to vote Wednesday to impeach Trump&comma; setting up an impeachment vote one week after rioters overran Capitol police and breached some of the most secure areas of the Capitol&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 25th Amendment resolution&comma; brought forward by Democratic Rep&period; Jamie Raskin of Maryland&comma; calls on Pence &&num;8220&semi;to immediately use his powers under section 4 of the 25th Amendment to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments in the Cabinet to declare what is obvious to a horrified nation&colon; That the President is unable to successfully discharge the duties of his office&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It further calls on Pence to assume &&num;8220&semi;the powers and duties of the office as Acting President&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ahead of the vote&comma; however&comma; Pence&&num;8217&semi;s office released a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shutting down the idea&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;With just eight days left in the President&&num;8217&semi;s term&comma; you and the Democratic caucus are demanding that the Cabinet and I invoke the 25th Amendment&period; I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our nation or consistent with our Constitution&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Pence wrote&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a sign that Democrats are moving quickly to impeach&comma; Pelosi on Tuesday announced the names of the Democrats who will serve as impeachment managers tasked with presenting a case to the Senate during an impeachment trial&period; The managers will be&colon; Reps&period; Raskin&comma; who will be the lead manager&comma; Diana DeGette of Colorado&comma; David Cicilline of Rhode Island&comma; Eric Swalwell of California&comma; Joaquin Castro of Texas&comma; Ted Lieu of California&comma; Stacey Plaskett of the US Virgin Islands&comma; Joe Neguse of Colorado and Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rep&period; Liz Cheney&comma; the No&period; 3 House Republican&comma; told colleagues on a conference call Monday evening that Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s impeachment vote is a &&num;8220&semi;vote of conscience&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a source tells CNN&period; Cheney&comma; who announced on Tuesday that she will vote to impeach&comma; is one of the handful of outspoken critics of President Donald Trump&&num;8217&semi;s disinformation surrounding the November election results and Trump&&num;8217&semi;s attempts to overturn the election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A senior House Democratic aide told CNN that the rule for the Raskin resolution Tuesday night would include language implementing a fine system &&num;8212&semi; similar to what Republicans implemented in 2017 for filming on the floor &&num;8212&semi; for noncompliance with the speaker&&num;8217&semi;s mask requirement on the House floor&period; Fines will be &dollar;500 for the first offense and &dollar;2&comma;500 for the second offense and will be deducted from members&&num;8217&semi; pay&comma; not campaign funds or members&&num;8217&semi; representational allowance&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Separately&comma; the House Office Building Commission will immediately consider implementing a similar fine system for non-compliance in the House office buildings and House side of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;l">US Capitol<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called Pence a day after the Capitol attack to discuss the 25th Amendment &&num;8212&semi; but Pence never took the call after they were on hold for 25 minutes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;At least&period; Of course&comma; I was &&num;8212&semi; I was at home&comma; so I was running the dishwasher&comma; putting my clothes in the laundry&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re still waiting for him to return the call&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she told CBS Sunday night&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In her statement on Monday&comma; Pelosi said that as a &&num;8220&semi;next step&comma;&&num;8221&semi; House Democrats &&num;8220&semi;will move forward with bringing impeachment legislation to the Floor&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Earlier on Monday&comma; Democrats attempted to take up the 25th Amendment resolution by unanimous consent&comma; but it was blocked by Republicans&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pelosi accused House Republicans of &&num;8220&semi;enabling the President&&num;8217&semi;s unhinged&comma; unstable and deranged acts of sedition to continue&comma;&&num;8221&semi; adding&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Their complicity endangers America&comma; erodes our Democracy&comma; and it must end&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;