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The House of Representatives has initiated impeachment proceedings many times. An impeachment process against Richard Nixon was commenced, but not completed, as he resigned from office before the full House voted on the articles of impeachment. To date, no president or vice president has been removed from office by impeachment and conviction.
An impeachment proceeding formally begins with a resolution adopted by the full House of Representatives. [10] An impeachment resolution may first pass through a House committee before the full House votes on it. [10] The type of impeachment resolution determines the committee to which it is referred.
Photograph of the Senate during the 1999 impeachment trial of Bill Clinton. In the United States, a federal impeachment trial is held as the second stage of the United States federal government's bifurcated (two-stage) impeachment process. The preceding stage is the "impeachment" itself, held by a vote in the United States House of ...
Prior to the House impeachment vote, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsey Graham expressed their intentions not to be impartial jurors, contrary to the oath they must take. [127] [128] McConnell said, "I'm not an impartial juror. This is a political process. There is not anything judicial about it.
The Constitution empowers the House of Representatives to impeach federal officials for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors" and empowers the Senate to try such impeachments. [78] The House may approve "articles of impeachment" by a simple majority vote; however, a two-thirds vote is required for conviction in the Senate. [79]
Any impeachment by the House of Representatives requires a trial and conviction in the Senate, with the concurrence of two-thirds of Senators present and voting needed to remove the President from office. During the impeachment and trial process, the President remains in office.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump on January 13, so that part is already done, and the question of whether a president can be impeached after their term is over doesn’t apply here.
The U.S. House of Representatives has impeached an official 22 times since 1789: four times for presidents, fifteen times for federal judges, twice for a Cabinet secretary, and once for a senator. [82] Of the 22, the Senate voted to remove 8 officials impeached by the House of Representatives (all federal judges) from office. [82]