In a de-escalation of internal GOP tensions, House Republicans are now aiming to refer a Biden impeachment resolution to two committees instead of holding an immediate vote on impeaching the president.
The House will vote Thursday to send a resolution offered by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., to the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees. By forgoing the impeachment vote, Republicans will be able to avoid, for now, a messy fight that was already dividing the conference.
“I think it’s best for everybody,” McCarthy told reporters when asked why he wanted to proceed with the resolution this way. Asked about McCarthy’s suggestion behind closed doors that it might be premature to bring an impeachment resolution straight to the floor, Boebert said: “I think there’s nothing premature about it. We should have been working on impeachment since we took hold of the gavels in this Congress, and I didn’t see any progress in the committees. And so that’s why I brought my privileged resolution to the floor to force action. And it seems that nothing happens in Washington, D.C., without force.
“We talked to Lauren about a whole bunch of stuff. We want Lauren to be successful. So we try to work with her on everything,” he said. "It’s very serious," he said of impeachment. "That’s why I don’t want to do anything that harms the investigation we’re going through right now."Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., leaves the Capitol May 25, 2023.
“I think if people see that we’re being honest about this and that impeachment is a very serious thing, it should go through committee,” Bacon told reporters. “I feel like it was cheapened in the last Congress. We shouldn’t follow the same footprints.
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