Senate Republicans have little appetite for impeachment proceedings against President Biden over his family’s past foreign business dealings, presenting a major roadblock as House GOP lawmakers work to win over their own skeptics.
House Republicans say opening an official impeachment inquiry would unlock new investigative powers to uncover the extent to which then-Vice President Biden was directly aware of or involved in his son’s lucrative overseas deals that GOP lawmakers allege were part of a bribery scheme.“It’s like I said about President [Donald] Trump: if you’re gonna indict somebody, especially a president or former president, you damn better well have a good case,” said Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.
SEE ALSO: More emails show Biden’s involvement with Hunter’s Ukraine energy post at time of corruption probe House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, meanwhile, is staring down the barrel of a potential Republican effort to oust him from his post. The California Republican has said initiating an impeachment inquiry would be the “natural step forward” in their investigations, but he lacks the votes to do so with his slim majority.
“That may very well be Speaker McCarthy’s way of allowing folks to express their concern right now,” said Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota.Senate Republicans also see a potential political pitfall to going down the impeachment path so close to the 2024 elections. If the House were to pass articles, a Senate trial would likely fall squarely in next year’s campaign season.
Republicans should call the House investigations whatever they want, so long as they continue investigating and doing their due diligence, argued Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota. He suggested impeachment proceedings could very well be the appropriate course of action.
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