Reports: Speaker McCarthy Looking at Starting Biden Impeachment Inquiry Without Floor Vote as Several House Republicans Not Convinced on Biden Corruption Evidence
Two reports this week, by CNN and Politico, talk about the troubles Speaker Kevin McCarthy is having getting the 218 votes needed to initiate a Biden impeachment inquiry within his House conference. With a slim majority of 222 to 212 with one vacancy, McCarthy needs all but a handful of Republicans to support a formal vote on the House floor for an impeachment inquiry–which McCarthy has said this summer is his preference.
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However, with several House Republicans saying they are not convinced the evidence brought forth so far by House committee investigations proves corruption by Joe Biden, McCarthy is considering following the method then Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) used to ramrod the first impeachment of President Trump in 2019 over Ukraine.
