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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNunes was cleared by house ethics commitee my question is
can we revisit this if we get control of senate in 2018? This asshole needs to pay!!
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Nunes was cleared by house ethics commitee my question is (Original Post)
bluestarone
Dec 2017
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For Nunes to be cleared, at least 1 Democrat would have had to vote to clear him
Lurks Often
Dec 2017
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SHRED
(28,136 posts)1. Yes we can, however
If the Democratic House leader takes the attitude of. "Let's move on for the good of the country" or "Impeachment is off the table" we are screwed.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)2. For Nunes to be cleared, at least 1 Democrat would have had to vote to clear him
The House Ethics Committee is split evenly between both parties, with 5 members from each party.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ethics
I was unable to find the actual vote, but a similar report suggest that they do not publish the actual vote or how the members voted
https://www.congress.gov/committee/house-ethics/hsso00?q=%7B%22source%22%3A%22comreports%22%2C%22congress%22%3A%22115%22%7D
We'll likely never know if it was a 6-4 to clear, 10-0 to clear or something in between.
bluestarone
(21,632 posts)3. TY for that
and it's really BS they don't let people know who voted and which way they voted. Guess it called covering there ass with these rules
