[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 582 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 582

    Resolution to end the inquisition of President Donald J. Trump.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2019

 Mr. Gooden submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                        the Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Resolution to end the inquisition of President Donald J. Trump.

Whereas the Constitution of the United States exclusively vests the power to 
        initiate impeachment with the House of Representatives;
Whereas the Jefferson Manual explicitly states how impeachment proceedings may 
        begin;
Whereas during previous impeachment efforts, the House of Representatives 
        explicitly authorized, per adopted Rules of the House of Representatives 
        and longstanding House procedure, impeachment proceedings;
Whereas, on July 17, 2019, the House of Representatives voted on House 
        Resolution 498, impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United 
        States, of high misdemeanors; during that vote, the Resolution failed to 
        pass the House of Representatives as only 95 out of 234 Democrats 
        supported impeaching President Trump;
Whereas the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives has 
        perpetuated a tangential inquisition after the failure of House 
        Resolution 498;
Whereas, on August 8, 2019, Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler 
        stated the Committee is undertaking an investigation of ``all the 
        evidence'' and ``will at the conclusion of this, hopefully by the end of 
        the year vote articles of impeachment to the House floor or we won't'';
Whereas, on September 16, 2019, Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jerrold 
        Nadler stated the Committee is ``impeaching the president right now'';
Whereas the impeachment of President Trump has not been authorized by the House 
        of Representatives;
Whereas Representative Nadler is leading a biased, pre-determined impeachment 
        effort of the president as opposed to executing his investigative duties 
        and is unfit to serve as Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of 
        the House of Representatives;
Whereas the current actions of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives regarding impeachment are being conducted in violation 
        of established House Rules, practices and principles as made evident 
        from Chairman Nadler's admissions; and
Whereas clause two of Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
        provides, ``A Member . . . of the House shall adhere to the spirit and 
        the letter of the Rules of the House and to the rules of duly 
        constituted committees thereof'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution, Representative 
Nadler is hereby removed as Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary 
and from the Committee on the Judiciary.
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