Rep. Stockman threatens Obama impeachment over guns

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93. I doubt it would tie up much of anything

Impeachment resolutions aren't all that rare. Henry Gonzalez introduced one against George HW Bush in 1991. Several were introduced against W during his time in office. Hell, crazy Bob Barr introduced one against Clinton more than two months before anyone had ever heard of Monica Lewinsky. None of those impeachment resolutions tied up Congress for a moment.

Yes, the impeachment effort against Clinton after the Starr report was released tied up Congress, but not for that long. The Starr report was released in September 1998, the matter was handled at the judiciary committee level until mid December and the debate over whether to pass the articles of impeachment lasted only a couple of weeks. Congress then went out for its holiday recess, convening in early January. The Senate trial lasted around five weeks. Again, Congress had various planned recesses during that period as well.

Stockman knows as well as anyone that if he introduces an impeachment resolution (and it would come as no surprise if he did) it won't go anywhere. But it will serve as a useful fundraising tool for him as he can appeal nationally to all the nutjobs who think Obama shouldn't be president for this, that, or the other reason. He's not stupid. First member out the door with such a resolution is the one that gets the tea party's recognition for his supposed "bravery" in standing up for their nonsense.