A no-BS guide to how the House impeachment process really works

Impeachment, Explained

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Politics, News, Daily News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 2 November 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week, the House passed an impeachment resolution laying out how the process will work from here. There were unusual and important decisions made that will shape what comes next, and Vox’s Andrew Prokop joins me to explain them. Then, California Rep. Zoe Lofgren is the only member of Congress who was part of the Nixon impeachment, the Clinton impeachment, and is still serving today. Lofgren is also the second-most-senior Democrat on the crucial Judiciary Committee. She walks us through how a House impeachment process actually works, what she learned participating in the past two, what’s different this time, and the role those of us who don’t serve in Congress need to realize we’re playing. Plus: The implicit theory of presidential accountability offered by House Republicans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s approach to legislative timing, and a question for all of you. References: Andrew's explainer on the House impeachment vote Credits: Producer and Editor - Jeff Geld Researcher - Roge Karma Engineers - Malachi Broadus & Topher Ruth Theme music composed by Jon Natchez Special thanks to Liz Nelson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.0	This resolution that we passed today lays the groundwork for open hearings in both the Intelligence
0:38.1	Committee and the Judiciary Committee.
0:40.3	No person, Republican or Democrat, President or anyone else,
0:45.0	should be permitted to jeopardize America's security and reputation.
0:49.0	No one can be above the law, and we must enforce that.
0:52.8	I'm E Klein and this is impeachment explained.
1:07.0	There has been an argument going on about whether or not impeachment is official in the absence of a House resolution.
1:15.8	And constitutional scholars say yes that the impeachment does not need a resolution of that nature to go forward.
1:22.0	A lot of Republicans have said no, but this is a week that became moot.
1:26.2	The House passed an impeachment resolution.
1:28.9	It passed it by a vote of 232 to 196.
1:32.4	Two Democrats voted against it, one recent Republican
1:34.9	who are now an independent, Justin Amash voted for it. And what I'd say is important
1:40.0	about the resolution, which we will go into in more detail is not that it exists but that
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