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House sidesteps vote on Biden impeachment resolution amid GOP infighting
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Date:2025-04-12 01:10:08
Washington — A push by some House Republicans to impeach President Biden has become the latest headache for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy caused by conservative hardliners.
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado introduced articles of impeachment against Mr. Biden on Tuesday as a privileged resolution, fast-tracking its consideration under House rules by circumventing the normal committee process. The articles focused on the president's handling of the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration.
On Thursday, the House voted 219 to 208 along party lines to refer the measure to both the Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees on Thursday, sidestepping a vote on the resolution itself for now amid concerns by McCarthy and other Republicans that the impeachment effort was rushed.
"If I see that this has been slow-rolled and nothing is moving on it, then there's always the option to bring up another privileged resolution and call to impeach Joe Biden," Boebert told reporters Thursday.
Earlier Wednesday, McCarthy expressed frustration with Boebert, calling her effort to impeach Mr. Biden premature.
"She had never told members about it or never talked to me," McCarthy told reporters. "Before you put something forward, shouldn't you first talk to the conference about it? Because we're doing investigations. Why would you do this?"
McCarthy compared the impeachment push to Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff's actions regarding former President Donald Trump. Schiff, who was chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, rose to prominence as Trump's chief antagonizer in Congress and was the lead prosecutor in the former president's first impeachment, which did emerge from the committee process. The House voted Wednesday to censure Schiff for the investigations into Trump.
"We're going to censure Schiff for actually doing the exact same thing — lying to the American public and taking us through impeachment," McCarthy said. "We're going to turn around the next day and try to do the same thing that Schiff did? I just don't think that's honest with the American public."
McCarthy said the Oversight Committee and Judiciary Committee investigations into Mr. Biden and his family should be allowed to play out before potential articles of impeachment are introduced.
Other House Republicans have shared similar sentiments about the process.
Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska said Boebert is "undermining the team," and he expects the resolution will be tabled.
"I don't worry just about the team," Bacon said Wednesday. "It's about Congress. It's about our country. Impeachment shouldn't be something that is frivolous and treated in that way."
Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee said Mr. Biden should be impeached but the process should start in committee. Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota also wants to see it "go through regular order."
Another conservative firebrand, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, has also introduced articles of impeachment against Mr. Biden over his handling of the border. She said Wednesday she plans to convert them to privileged resolutions — and noted she gave Republicans a heads up about her plans.
"I'm different than what Lauren Boebert did," Green said. "She just went and did it. I just addressed the conference about impeachment and said that it is the right thing to do."
Scott MacFarlane contributed reporting.
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Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital. Reach her at caitlin.yilek@cbsinteractive.com. Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hausofcait
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