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Former U.S. president Joe Biden saw multiple efforts by some members of the Republican Party to impeach him. An impeachment inquiry into Biden was launched in September 2023, without a vote, by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who designated three House committees led by James Comer, chairman of House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
This time, the Senate had been in recess since the impeachment vote on the 13th, only returning to the chambers on January 19—the day before the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
This triggers a federal impeachment trial in the United States Senate, which can vote by a 2/3 majority to convict an official, removing them from office. The Senate can also further, with just a simple-majority vote, vote to bar an individual convicted in a senate impeachment trial from holding future federal office.
Some Republicans, including Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn, called for Vice President Kamala Harris and Biden's other Cabinet officials to be removed as well. [52] [better source needed] Mitch McConnell did not call for an impeachment inquiry into Biden, however, as Republicans do not have the majority in either the house or senate. [53]
The Republican-led House Committees investigating whether to impeach President Joe Biden released their long-awaited ... Senate Democrats, who hold a 51-49 edge, can vote to dismiss an impeachment ...
The Mayorkas impeachment comes as a House attempt to impeach Biden was faltering for a lack of evidence. Many Democrats see that probe as retribution for Trump's two impeachments by the then ...
The three investigating committees released a nearly 300-page report on August 19, 2024, alleging "impeachable conduct" but did not recommend specific articles of impeachment, focusing primarily on the activities of Hunter Biden and his associates, and the president's brother, Jim Biden.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) joined the growing number of GOP senators who have expressed hesitation over whether an impeachment inquiry into President Biden would move forward in in the Senate.