DesideriScuri
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Clinton was not impeached. End of that joke, as I said he wiped his ass with the meaningless house document.
He is no more impeached than there is a budget in the united states.
How was he not impeached?
There is this thing called a constitution, in it is an advise and consent clause. The senate was advised, and did not consent.
The Senate plays no role in the impeachment of a President.
I don't know what Constitution you're reading, but According to the US Constitution, Article I Section 2 ends with this little nugget:quote:
The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
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The Impeachment Process in a Nutshell1. The House Judiciary Committee deliberates over whether to initiate an impeachment inquiry.
2. The Judiciary Committee adopts a resolution seeking authority from the entire House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry. Before voting, the House debates and considers the resolution. Approval requires a majority vote.
3. The Judiciary Committee conducts an impeachment inquiry, possibly through public hearings. At the conclusion of the inquiry, articles of impeachment are prepared. They must be approved by a majority of the Committee.
4. The House of Representatives considers and debates the articles of impeachment. A majority vote of the entire House is required to pass each article. Once an article is approved, the President is, technically speaking, "impeached" -- that is subject to trial in the Senate.
5. The Senate holds trial on the articles of impeachment approved by the House. The Senate sits as a jury while the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the trial.
6. At the conclusion of the trial, the Senate votes on whether to remove the President from office. A two-thirds vote by the Members present in the Senate is required for removal.
7. If the President is removed, the Vice-President assumes the Presidency under the chain of succession established by Amendment XXV. (emphasis added)
Article 2, Section 4 of the US Constitution:quote:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
(emphasis added)
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If he was impeached, then there is a current budget in the United States.
The teabaggers would like to lie and pretend he was, not having any knowledge of the constitution, nor paying attention in 3rd grade to how a bill is passed into law.
They are inept as well as ignorant. Teabaggers are not fact or reality based.
I surely hope you aren't blaming the Republicans for there not being a budget. They have passed budget resolutions every year starting in 2011. It's the Democrats that haven't passed the budgets. Obama hasn't even been given a budget to sign.
You may want to brush up on the US Constitution before you go accusing others of not having any knowledge of it.
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What I support:
- A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
- Personal Responsibility
- Help for the truly needy
- Limited Government
- Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
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