Impeachment momentum spikes as Pelosi weighs aggressive moves
Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday facing a new reality: President Donald Trump may become the third president in American history to face impeachment proceedings.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s months-long effort to contain energy for impeachment crumbled late Monday in the face of startling new allegations of abuse of power by Trump. Pelosi is expected to make a statement on the issue Tuesday and has seemed more open to the idea of an impeachment investigation than ever before, according to lawmakers and aides.
The House is likely to take up a resolution Wednesday condemning Trump's alleged attempts to pressure Ukrainian officials to launch an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden in return for hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military aid. The resolution won't call for Trump's impeachment, although it could become the basis for such proceedings.
Pelosi will also face the 235-member Democratic Caucus in a closed-door meeting Tuesday afternoon that could determine whether she's prepared to put the muscle of the speakership behind impeachment proceedings after months of resistance. That will come after Pelosi huddles with the key committee chairmen leading the various Trump-related probes.
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