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Congress Has Voted to Authorize the Biden Impeachment Inquiry.

So what comes next?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readDec 14, 2023
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Well, they finally did it.

The GOP led House of Representatives have voted to authorize an impeachment investigation of President Joe Biden.

Ken Tran and Sudiksha Kochi with USA Today writes:

“House Republicans formally authorized their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Wednesday, taking their most significant step toward impeaching the president.

The House voted along party lines by a vote of 221–212 to green light the inquiry.

Republicans have alleged the president financially benefited from his family’s foreign business dealings, though they haven’t publicly released evidence backing up the claims.

The votes comes after House Republicans accused the White House of stonewalling their investigation. Authorizing the inquiry, they say, could bolster their legal standing if their requests for information make it to court…”

To be honest, we all saw this coming, right?

They’ve been sending the message for a long time now that this was their goal, even before they won the house. They’re in the position to do it now, and the fact that this Republican Party decided to make this move should surprise…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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