House of Representatives Votes for Rules for the Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump

Frank Gormlie October 31, 2019 1 Comment 0 Likes 404 Views

The US House of Representatives – in an historic move – just voted to approve the rules to be used for the impeachment inquiry into president Trump. By a vote of 232 to 196, the House passed rule that will:

allow for open hearings;
allow for Congressional staff to interview witnesses;
allow for Trump or his counsel to be involved in the proceedings.

There are reports that the open hearings could begin by mid-November, just 2 weeks away. (The House begins a week recess after today.) See Washington Post here.

This is indeed a very historic day for America. This has only happened three times before in our history.

Author: Frank Gormlie

A former lawyer and current grassroots activist, I have been editing the Rag since Patty Jones and I launched it in Oct 2007. Way back during the Dinosaurs in 1970, I founded the original Ocean Beach People’s Rag - OB’s famous underground newspaper -, and then later during the early Eighties, published The Whole Damn Pie Shop, a progressive alternative to the Reader.