Category: Using The Congressional Impeachment Power

House Republicans finally have set a date to begin impeachment proceedings against President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.  The inquiry will kick off with a hearing on Thursday, September 28 before the House Oversight Committee.  This first hearing apparently will deal more with constitutional and legal issues than presenting evidence — but they need to begin somewhere.

When the House reconvened on Tuesday, September 12, Speaker Kevin McCarthy finally did something to advance an impeachment investigation of President Biden. Before the August break, he had said the next step would be bringing to the floor a resolution to formally authorize an Impeachment Inquiry, but he did not do that.

When Labor Day 2023 drew to a close, most Americans dutifully went back to work— but not the U.S. Congress. It’s not as if there wasn’t anything to do. The continuing resolution for FY23 runs out on September 30, and the mainstream media is doing what it can to create a panic if it is not extended.

Finally, House Republicans seem to be moving, ever so cautiously, toward the impeachment of President Biden. But that process has been far too slow for most Republicans. With every new revelation about Biden family finances, rank-and-file Republicans have grown not just frustrated, but increasingly hostile to House GOP leadership.

When running for President in 2020, candidate Biden assured voters that there was “an absolute wall between the personal and private, and the government” and “that is why I have never talked with my son or brother, or anyone else in the distant family about their interests, period.” Well, it appears that may not be true.

One of the reasons that Republican activists are becoming frustrated with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and leaders in the House of Representatives is their unwillingness to use one of their most potent Constitutional powers — the Power of Impeachment.