The U.S. House of Representatives passed the impeachment of President Donald Trump today, but it was not easy to pass because the impeachment required the consent of 2/3 of the Senate senators.
The House of Representatives today initiated a presidential impeachment bill for inciting a riot and passed it with 232 votes in favor and 197 against, and the impeachment will be sent to the Senate for trial. 10 Republican members of the House voted in favor of the bill. 4 abstained, all Republican members of the House.
After the House voted today to pass the articles of impeachment, providing formal charges for Trump’s impeachment, the impeachment will be sent to the Senate for a hearing by senators on the impeachment, which will be presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
If a 2/3 majority of senators present pass the impeachment, Trump will be automatically removed from office and the Senate will be able to add a vote to decide whether to bar him from holding federal office in the future.
Although today’s vote was publicly supported by some Republican members of the House of Representatives, the Senate also rumored that some Republican members of Congress have loosened their attitudes and expressed their willingness to vote yes, but the current Democratic Party, along with independent seats, Republicans in the Senate accounted for 50 seats, to take the required 2/3 of the votes is not easy. The majority of Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted against the impeachment of Trump today, which shows that the Republican Party still has doubts about the impeachment.
Many Republican senators also believe that at a time of transition, impeachment is time-consuming, needlessly wasteful, and will only deepen social divisions and not help social unity.
On the other hand, Biden did not endorse the idea of impeaching Trump. He focused on the future goals of his administration, including the three major priorities of repelling the 2019 coronavirus disease (Chinese Communist Virus, COVID-19) epidemic, ensuring fair distribution of vaccines and reviving the economy.
The House may not send the impeachment case to the Senate for now, allowing the Senate to prioritize important Biden personnel nomination hearings and debate and vote on policy bills proposed by the Biden administration, so that the new administration can smoothly start governing and promote policies.
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