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Yahoo Finance takes a look into how the Legislative branch is proceeding with the 25th Amendment or impeachment proceedings, Tuesday the house will vote on the resolution that would formally call on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Trump from office.
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- Jessica Smith is joining us from Washington DC. She's got the latest for us on what could be the impeachment of Donald Trump round two. Jessica.
JESSICA SMITH: Yeah, Adam. Tomorrow the House will vote on a resolution that they tried to pass earlier today that would formally call on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Trump from office. And then on Wednesday, it's looking like that's when they will vote on impeachment. They'll meet at 9 o'clock in the morning to start considering the articles of impeachment.
They introduced that article today, which is charging the president with incitement of insurrection. So far, 214 lawmakers have signed on to this. That is almost a majority, and we're waiting to see if any Republicans end up supporting this article voting for impeachment. We've heard from some saying that the president should step down, but it will be something to watch whether or not they actually vote for the president's impeachment.
We're also looking to see what happens in the Senate. That is a big question here, the timeline of how this is actually going to work, because President Trump only has about nine more days in office. So there has been some concern over whether or not a Senate trial at the very beginning of Biden's presidency would slow his agenda.
President-elect Biden actually did speak with reporters and briefly mentioned this today. He has said over and over again for the past few days that he wants Congress to make this decision. But he did say that he was looking at whether or not they could go half day dealing with impeachment and then the rest of the half of a day dealing with getting his nominees confirmed and dealing with items on his agenda like COVID relief.
He said he's looking to see if that is possible. He hasn't gotten an answer yet. So if President Trump is indeed impeached for a second time, which it is looking like he will, we're going to have to see how this plays out in the Senate, because that's going to be really a big focus over the next week or so.
- Jessica Smith, we will be keeping an eye on it.
