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9. No, Clinton was acquitted by the Senate; 67 guilty votes were required and 45 were obtained

Reply to doc03 (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 7, 2013, 12:42 AM

Oct 2013

Some of the system is still left over from the time when the VP was the guy who got the 2nd highest number of votes compared to the President in the electoral college, so they didn't want him running any trial of the President. After the House impeaches the President, the Senate holds a trial presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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Is selective government funding of programs--an impeachable offense? [View all] CoffeeCat Oct 2013 OP

Ultimately the House decides what is and isn't impeachable Recursion Oct 2013 #1

But doesn't the Senate also have a vote? No way the Senate would vote impeachment. n/t doc03 Oct 2013 #4

The house votes for impeachment, the Senate Lil Missy Oct 2013 #5

That's what I mean. Didn't Al Gore save Clintons ass n/t doc03 Oct 2013 #6

No, Clinton was acquitted by the Senate; 67 guilty votes were required and 45 were obtained Recursion Oct 2013 #9

There were 2 articles of Impeachment in Clinton's case... PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #21

The Senate will not vote to remove Obama from office (at least not the current Senate) Recursion Oct 2013 #7

Boy all this gloom and doom has got me down. Reading posts doc03 Oct 2013 #11

My own paranoid suspicion is that a default is being set up in order to impeach Recursion Oct 2013 #13

I don't think you are crazy. Just the last couple weeks doc03 Oct 2013 #15

Consider that perhaps that is the purpose of all this impeachment talk. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #22

Nor will the next Senate as you need 2/3rds to convict. This whole Impeachment topic on DU PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #16

Impeachment is not removal Recursion Oct 2013 #17

Yes I know that. If Republicans want to self-destruct over this issue by impeaching Obama PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #18

I was also listening to Brinker today for a few minutes. I missed that doc03 Oct 2013 #2

I do agree with you about Brinker.... CoffeeCat Oct 2013 #8

Members of congress can't be impeached nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #3

They can be expelled, but only by their own chamber Recursion Oct 2013 #10

He cannot be impeached for signing bills passed by Congress pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #12

On the other hand... CoffeeCat Oct 2013 #14

This would just end up in the Supreme Court as to whether the President's action was PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #19

It's the Line-Item Veto but foisted upon the President by the House. Loudly Oct 2013 #20