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The Velveteen Ocelot

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4. Only one Senator has ever been impeached, and no Congressmen.

Wed Feb 1, 2017, 10:05 PM

Feb 2017

The Senator was William Blount, in 1797. He was accused of conspiring to assist Britain in capturing Spanish territory, but the rest of the Senate refused to try him on the basis of the House's bill, and instead expelled him on its own authority. It is theoretically possible to impeach a member of the House but it has never happened and would probably have to be based on a charge of a crime. The GOP house is not going to impeach its own member.

So, it's not likely to happen.

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They Lied: McConnell And Ryan Just Blocked Expanded Russia Probe To Shield Trump From Impeachment [View all] CousinIT Feb 2017 OP

How do we impeach Ryan and McConnell? NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #1

Only one Senator has ever been impeached, and no Congressmen. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #4

They are up to eyeballs in this. bdamomma Feb 2017 #8

Of course they did. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #2

Is anyone surprised? Both Comrades McConnell and Ryan were part of the top secret... Raster Feb 2017 #3

The information is going to come out bdamomma Feb 2017 #9

Ever since that 2naSalit Feb 2017 #24

And when you consider that the guy in the Russian agency... Raster Feb 2017 #39

Further implications... 2naSalit Feb 2017 #40

We are not going to let this go away.....................SORRY FUCKERS. TrekLuver Feb 2017 #5

If rump tries to drop sanctions on Russia you will really see some notdarkyet Feb 2017 #20

Rex Tillerson -former CEO of Exxon (world's largest petroleum conglomerate, and... Raster Feb 2017 #41

The Republicans are turning their back on American Achilleaze Feb 2017 #6

The comments to that story dem4decades Feb 2017 #7

You got that right. The OP posted a Dec. 2016 article as if it were yesterday: "just". . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #16

The OPs use of the word "just"... WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #22

True, it's from mid December 2016 but... WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #17

OP wrote "just", as if it were today or yesterday. Maybe the OP made a mistake but Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #19

I just can't believe that more than 1/2 the country hates Trump adigal Feb 2017 #10

Journalists and citizens C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #11

That's about it. But there are marybourg Feb 2017 #12

Yes indeed. We outnumber them. C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #18

trumpo has the canons,,, pangaia Feb 2017 #34

Seems to me what we have to do is take back the House and Senate IN THE NEXT MIDTERMS. calimary Feb 2017 #29

Of course they did. They are lying sacks of shit - traitors to America. Rex Feb 2017 #13

this is horrible AlexSFCA Feb 2017 #14

Please DO NOT post Dec. 12, 2016 articles as if they happened yesterday. Don't waste our time. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #15

thanks... kind of an important point Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #28

Thanks for pointing this out. I was mad the first time it read and now I am mad again. Glimmer of Hope Feb 2017 #36

Do we need a national march? leanforward Feb 2017 #21

national strike is Feb 17 Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #27

Many marches elementstew Feb 2017 #44

Traitors to America. nt SunSeeker Feb 2017 #23

Snowden. Turbineguy Feb 2017 #25

good god, we are up to our fucking eyeballs in TREASON Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #26

Pitchforks and torches time! FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #30

Question is are they really covering for Trump or for themselves? cstanleytech Feb 2017 #31

Surprise, surprise, surprise... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #32

traitors all. pansypoo53219 Feb 2017 #33

Gives us ground for impeachment. Everything they do and are can be undone. N/t. lutherj Feb 2017 #35

There must be so many corrupt Rethugs Doitnow Feb 2017 #37

"It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #38

K&R BSdetect Feb 2017 #42

In Contempt of Constituency elementstew Feb 2017 #43

Tar and feather the bastards! IamFortunesFool Feb 2017 #45