Speaker McCarthy says House to start an impeachment inquiry into President Biden – By Kelsey Snell, Deirdre Walsh, Susan Davis (NPR) / Sept 12, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday the House would initiate an impeachment inquiry into President Biden amid threats to McCarthy’s speakership from members of the right flank of his own party.
“I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,” he said. “This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers” that the American people want.
The move comes as McCarthy is facing increasing pressure from a bloc of hard-line conservative Republicans. Members of the House Freedom Caucus have also demanded steep spending cuts that would violate an existing agreement with the White House and could force a government shutdown in the coming weeks. The threats have created a political morass for McCarthy at a time when Congress is struggling to complete basic tasks of governance.
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