From Fox News · Elizabeth Elkind · · 1m 10s
House Democrats split on Trump impeachment vote
Al Green forced another Trump impeachment vote, and Democratic leaders helped set it aside before the midterms.
In brief
Al Green forced another Trump impeachment vote, and Democratic leaders helped set it aside before the midterms. The vote showed Democrats divided between impeachment demands from some anti-Trump voters and leaders’ focus on affordability and midterm strategy. Originally reported by Fox News.
Green forced the vote
Rep. Al Green pushed the House to consider impeaching President Donald Trump over the killing of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration officials.
The House tabled it
The chamber voted 232 to 147 to table the measure, ending the effort without a direct vote on the impeachment resolution itself.
Democrats split three ways
Eighteen Democrats voted with Republicans to table it. Forty-six voted present, while nearly 150 Democrats backed moving ahead.
Leaders chose present
Hakeem Jeffries and top Democratic deputies voted present, leaving Republicans an easier path to shelve Green’s resolution.
Jeffries wanted process
Democratic leaders said impeachment requires investigation, evidence, witnesses, hearings, and broader public support before a vote.
“None of that serious work has been done”
Green rejected waiting
Green accused colleagues of shielding Trump by delaying or sending the resolution elsewhere. He argued the Constitution does not tell lawmakers to wait.
“the Constitution doesn't have a wait clause in it”
The one thing
The vote showed Democrats divided between impeachment demands from some anti-Trump voters and leaders’ focus on affordability and midterm strategy.
