{"id":17132,"date":"2025-10-14T20:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=17132"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:57:17","slug":"dem-bails-on-house-vote-on-impeachment-after-backlash-from-colleagues-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=17132","title":{"rendered":"Dem Bails On House Vote On Impeachment After Backlash From Colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madadaily.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/496933655_1201506051990690_6467995484164868175_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/madadaily.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/496933655_1201506051990690_6467995484164868175_n-735x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrat Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar bailed on his threat to force a vote in the House on impeaching President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The shocking reason for his decision was the pressure he was getting against doing it from his fellow Democrats, Politico\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter talking with many colleagues, I have decided not to force a vote on impeachment today,\u201d he said in a text message. \u201cInstead, I will add to my articles of impeachment and continue to rally the support of both Democrats and Republicans to defend the Constitution with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>Democrats were furious with the representative for placing a spotlight on an impeachment that would be doomed to go nowhere in the Republican-led House, as they want attention to be on cuts, they say, Republicans want to make to Medicaid in the \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d that President Trump has asked for.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Greg Casar of Texas, Brad Schneider of Illinois, and Jamie Raskin of Maryland were seen talking to him hours before he decided not to go ahead with what they believe is a sideshow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"as5808\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1922755234482294906&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fdemocrat-opts-91555%2F&amp;sessionId=d65b7e5674e33d5283c0b96edaafbd2bde0fefe0&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1922755234482294906\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1760384881813362446=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8\u00a0#BREAKING: Rep. Shri Thanedar has officially MISSED the deadline to call a vote on Trump\u2019s impeachment, meaning his effort has FAILED today<\/p>\n<p>What an absolute clown\u00a0\ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd23\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/fsugd8qHk0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor)\u00a0May 14, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>The bill Republicans are looking to pass involves giving Americans massive tax cuts, but it is not only Democrats who may stand in the way of it becoming law.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d\u00a0may already be\u00a0on life support in the Republican-controlled Senate, and that\u2019s only if it makes it out of the House, which has an even slimmer GOP majority.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reporter Manu Raju tweeted Monday that the bill already faces opposition from two Republican senators\u2014Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who voiced concerns about the impact on the federal deficit, and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who opposed raising the debt ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>Raju\u00a0noted\u00a0that if two additional moderate Republicans, such as Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), join in opposition, it would effectively doom Trump\u2019s chances of passing the legislation as currently drafted.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, Senate legislation requires 60 votes to overcome a threatened filibuster. However, under the Senate\u2019s budget reconciliation rules, measures strictly related to budget issues can pass with a simple 51-vote majority\u2014meaning Republicans only need 50 votes plus a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance to secure passage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Republicans currently hold 53 of the 100 Senate seats, leaving Senate Republican Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) with little margin for error; he cannot afford more than three defections if he wants the reconciliation bill to reach Trump\u2019s desk. Yet, even among Republicans, the bill\u2019s specifics have sparked disputes between different factions within the party, Alternet\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Johnson\u2019s and Paul\u2019s stated opposition over concerns about the deficit and debt ceiling, any substantial effort to reduce federal funding for Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans, could further erode Republican support. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said this week in a New York Times op-ed that he would oppose any reconciliation bill containing Medicaid cuts, citing the high proportion of Medicaid beneficiaries in his state and calling such cuts \u201cmorally wrong and politically suicidal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, if the bill does not sufficiently reduce safety net programs like Medicaid, it may fail to pass the House of Representatives altogether. CNN reported that Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, has made his support contingent upon significant Medicaid cuts and the rollback of former President Joe Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes the bill meaningfully reduce the deficit?.. Does the bill offer ANY transformative changes on Medicaid or otherwise?.. Does the bill fully repeal the IRA to stop the devastatingly bad projects being implemented in my district?\u201d Roy wrote on X. \u201d \u2026Does the bill fix judicial abuses preventing implementation of the President\u2019s agenda to deport?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar bailed on his threat to force a vote in the House on impeaching President Donald Trump. 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