While Republicans in the House of Representatives discuss impeachment for several members of President Joe Biden's administration, lawmakers may have another option for forcing them out.
A feature of Congress's power of the purse, the Holman rule, is being considered by House Republicans for use against Biden administration officials, per Politico.The Holman rule is an appropriation power that allows Congress to reduce the salary of or effectively fire a government employee. The rule also allows Congress to cut funding from certain programs the government operates.
"If we've got a problem, a policy difference, not high crimes and misdemeanors, with [Homeland Security] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas, the proper procedure is to cut his salary in the appropriations process,” Buck told Politico. During Democratic control of the House of Representatives under the 116th and 117th Congress, from 2019 until 2023, the rule was not adopted. Democrats decried the rule as a way"to sneak attacks on federal employees into must-pass bills," when announcing it would not be included in the rules package for the 116th Congress.
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