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US House advances bill to urge Vice President to invoke 25th Amendment despite Pence saying 'NO' US House advances bill to urge Vice President to invoke 25th Amendment despite Pence saying 'NO'
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The US Congress has voted to advance a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to initiate a process under the 25th Amendment to oust President Donald Trump from office, despite the VP’s objections to the move.The US Congress has voted to advance a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to initiate a process under the 25th Amendment to oust President Donald Trump from office, despite the VP’s objections to the move.
The resolution cleared its first hurdle in the House after a 222-204 vote on Tuesday, with lawmakers voting along party lines. However, while no Republicans openly sided with their rivals across the aisle, seven GOP lawmakers did not cast a vote for the bill, none of whom have yet weighed in publicly to explain their decision.As Congress convened to vote, Vice President Pence issued a statement signaling that he would not take up Democrats’ request to invoke the 25th Amendment, saying the move would set a “terrible precedent” and would not be “in the best interest of our Nation,” rendering the House resolution largely symbolic. The resolution cleared its first hurdle in the House after a 222-204 vote on Tuesday, with lawmakers voting along party lines. However, while no Republicans openly sided with their rivals across the aisle, seven GOP lawmakers did not cast a vote for the bill, none of whom have yet weighed in publicly to explain their decision. As Congress convened to vote, Vice President Pence issued a statement signaling that he would not take up Democrats’ request to invoke the 25th Amendment, saying the move would set a “terrible precedent” and would not be “in the best interest of our Nation,” rendering the House resolution largely symbolic.
Citing Trump’s response to a violent disturbance on Capitol Hill last week, Democrats have vowed to impeach the president should Pence refuse to remove him from his post by way of the amendment, which allows the VP and cabinet members to declare a setting president unfit for office. With Pence declining to do so ahead of Tuesday’s vote, Democrats say they plan to float a new article of impeachment this week, the draft of which has already leaked, accusing Trump of inciting “insurrection.”
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