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Republicans keep Cheney impeachment bill alive
By sage of monticello | November 6, 2007
On Tuesday, House Republicans prevented Democratic leaders from blocking a resolution to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.
The vote to table the resolution, offered by Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinch, began as a largely party-line vote to kill the measure, but Republicans developed a strategy to force Democrats to debate the resolution by supporting Kucinich.
GOP leaders felt as though it was in their interest to debate the measure because it would make Democrats look bad.
So, after more than an hour of waiting for the vote to close during which Democratic leaders failed to convince a group of liberal caucus members to side with them, the motion to table the resolution failed by a vote of 162-251 after Democratic leaders failed to convince a group of liberal caucus members to side with them.
Republican lawmakers and aides credited Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) for coming up with the idea.
Topics: house democrats, house republicans |
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