Pa. Democrats divided in failed U.S. House impeachment effort
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, right, walks during a break from testimony from David Marcus, CEO of Facebook’s Calibra digital wallet service, before a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Four House members from Pa. voted against beginning impeachment proceedings
(Washington) — The U.S. House voted 332-95 late Wednesday afternoon against a proposal to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, with a majority of Democrats joining all Republicans in the vote.
The impeachment resolution was put forward by Congressman Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, a day after Democrats in the House passed a resolution condemning Trump for racist tweets posted on Sunday.
There will be a vote on impeachment TODAY between 4 and 5 PM ET. #ImpeachNowhttps://t.co/VO7OsrJNcW
— Congressman Al Green (@RepAlGreen) July 17, 2019
“This will be the opportunity for us to go on record, letting the world know where we stand,” Green said on the House floor Wednesday morning.
The following Pennsylvania Democrats have previously supported an impeachment inquiry against Trump: Representatives: Mary Gay Scanlon of Delaware County; Madeleine Dean of Montgomery County; Dwight Evansof Philadelphia; Brendan Boyle of Philadelphia; and Mike Doyle ofAllegheny County.
All five voted in favor of moving forward with impeachment on Wednesday. All five represent Democratic-friendly districts. Dean, for instance, won in 2018 by 27 percentage points. Scanlon, Boyle and Evans won by bigger margins, and Doyle didn’t face a challenger.
Tonight, we took a number of important votes regarding impeachment and enforcing our Congressional subpoena power. I wanted to share with you, our #PA06 community, my thoughts on these votes: pic.twitter.com/u3bXJdfXRX
— Chrissy Houlahan (@RepHoulahan) July 17, 2019
Pennsylvania’s other four Democratic House members helped shut down the impeachment movement. They are Susan Wild of the Lehigh Valley, Matt Cartwright of northeastern Pennsylvania, Conor Lamb of southwestern Pennsylvania, and Chrissy Houlahan of Chester County.