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GOP Chips Away at Resistance to Biden Impeachment

December 11, 2023 at 6:29 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“House Republicans are inches away from a major step toward impeaching President Joe Biden, as members from swing districts drop their reservations about plowing forward with the GOP investigation,” Politico reports.

“A whip count compiled by Politico shows that a single Republican, Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), opposes a vote scheduled for this week to formalize the impeachment inquiry. Other members thought to be on the fence are now either supportive or likely to support it, according to the tally, including a majority of Republicans who represent districts Biden carried in 2020.”

Playbook: “It’s not a done deal yet. Speaker Mike Johnson only has a three-vote margin, and there are still about a half-dozen fence-sitters who haven’t weighed in. But, by and large, the impeachment skeptics have warmed to the argument that a formal inquiry will help to compel cooperation from the White House and Biden family.”

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