House Kills Solo Democrat's Bid to Impeach Trump
CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 7/19/2019, 1:34 p.m.
Congressman Green and Speaker Pelosi
The House on Wednesday easily defeated an effort from a Texas Democrat to impeach President Donald Trump in a vote that highlighted the Democratic fissures when it comes to impeachment. Rep. Al Green was able to force the vote under House rules — the first that Congress has taken related to impeachment since Democrats took control of the chamber this year — in what amounted to the most direct challenge yet to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's handling of impeachment. The 332-95 vote divided Democrats, with 95 — a little more than 40% of the Democratic caucus -- voting against tabling it, or voting to keep it alive. There were 137 Democrats who joined all Republicans in voting to defeat the measure. Of the 85 Democrats publicly calling for an impeachment inquiry, 14 joined with Republicans to defeat Green's impeachment resolution.
