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kentuck

(111,106 posts) Tue Jan 7, 2020, 11:38 AM Jan 2020

Can the House continue to add to the impeachment charges so long as Pelosi is holding Articles?

What is to prevent them from doing so?

The charges that were passed were almost all-encompassing. How difficult would it be to pass addendums (addenda) to the present charges?

Why would there be any need for the whole House to vote on new charges or new information that comes to light, if the new info added to the information is about the same violation of our Constitution?

Until Mitch McConnell is ready for a fair trial, the House should continue to investigate and to add new evidence to the original Articles so long as the new evidence is relevant to the impeachment.

Or the addenda could be presented separately at the Senate trial? The important matter is to make public the charges against this president before the Senate votes. People need to know that their Senators voted with their eyes wide open.

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Can the House continue to add to the impeachment charges so long as Pelosi is holding Articles? (Original Post) kentuck Jan 2020 OP

I think articles can be added even if the first ones aren't transmitted to the Senate Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #1

for that matter, they could impeach him 100 times. unblock Jan 2020 #2

Heard a discussion the other day SCantiGOP Jan 2020 #3

the constitution only says.... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #4

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

1. I think articles can be added even if the first ones aren't transmitted to the Senate

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 11:41 AM

Jan 2020

That seems to be the consensus I've heard.

unblock

(52,262 posts)

2. for that matter, they could impeach him 100 times.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 11:41 AM

Jan 2020

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)

3. Heard a discussion the other day

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 11:52 AM

Jan 2020

Each article stands in its own. So far there are two. More could be added, and the status of these two - whether they have been sent to Senate and/or tried yet - have no bearing on new articles.

getagrip_already

(14,768 posts)

4. the constitution only says....

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 11:54 AM

Jan 2020

The house has the sole power over impeachment and the senate has the sole power to try that case and remove a sitting official.

It also says the house (and senate) set their own rules.

Obviously a paraphrased version, but you can look it up easily.

So basically, the house (or senate) can do whatever they can get a simple majority of its members to agree to.

It was intended to be a serious and political process. In reality, you don't get 100 bites at the apple, but you may get 3 or 4. It's such a big apple.

The public could quickly grow weary of the process. And election season is at hand. But the gop had no issues holding senseless hearing after senseless hearing well into the summer of 2016.

So who knows. What we shouldn't do is let them sweep this under the rug and let trump do a victory dance at the state of the union.

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