5 things to know about Biden's impeachment inquiry

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Friday, December 15, 2023

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The impeachment inquiry has already been underway

As explained in House Report 118-314, the impeachment inquiry process has been underway for the past few months, but Wednesday's vote constitutes the establishment of a "formal procedural framework for its conduct."

Noting that "the White House has argued that the impeachment inquiry lacks constitutional legitimacy because it commenced without a House vote," the document concluded that a House vote "will brandish this faulty argument in an effort to stonewall the investigation."

According to the report, "The Rules Committee believes that it is prudent at this time for the full House to direct the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary to continue this impeachment inquiry."

The House Rules Committee spearheaded the report and voted 9-4 to send House Resolution 918 to the full House for a vote. Members of the Rules Committee voted on party lines to advance the impeachment inquiry.

House Resolution 918 "lays out the procedure for the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability to continue their ongoing investigation in open hearings authorizes the release of deposition transcripts, and provides additional procedures in furtherance of the impeachment inquiry."

Congress will receive the ability "to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas" as a result of the formalization of the impeachment inquiry.