House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the Maryland Democrat who controls the House floor schedule, told reporters on Tuesday that he did not know if a vote would be taking place in two days.
Under Pelosi's direction, Democrats have been unwilling to seek a full vote in the House on their "Impeachment inquiry," preferring it to be handled by the House Intelligence Committee and its chairman, California Rep. Adam Schiff.
According to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a resolution introduced in the Senate on Thursday by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham - and co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - pushed Pelosi into action by demanding that "The House of Representatives, prior to proceeding any further with its impeachment investigation into President Trump, to vote to initiate a formal impeachment inquiry."
"Graham has written a powerful resolution which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell joined in co-sponsoring. Together they have attracted 50 co-sponsors - which means with Vice President Pence supporting them they would win a vote to dismiss any phony impeachment from the House that failed to meet a key standard of fairness," Gingrich wrote.
99%. 1%. "As a practical matter, the House Democrats had no choice but to bring the impeachment process to a vote. They were faced with a Trump administration that refused to cooperate with a secret investigation which lacked rules and authorization by the full House. They were also faced with a Senate that was prepared to reject a kangaroo court-style secret approach."
Regardless, Gingrich wrote that House Democrats will have to cast a vote if they want their impeachment effort taken seriously by the Senate.
https://www.westernjournal.com/top-democrat-hoyer-contradicts-pelosi-impeachment-vote-going-consider-whether-not-ready-go/
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