September 27, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 157 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H8072-H8073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. McCARTHY. Madam Speaker, I rise to a question of the privileges 
of the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Whereas at a press conference on September 24, 2019, 
     Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stated: ``Therefore today, 
     I'm announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward 
     with an official impeachment inquiry'';
       Whereas House Practice states that: ``Under the modern 
     practice, an impeachment is normally instituted by the House 
     by the adoption of a resolution calling for a committee 
     investigation of charges against the officer in question'';
       Whereas in the past 25 years, the House of Representatives 
     has moved forward with impeachment against a Federal officer 
     three times, each initiated by an impeachment inquiry 
     resolution approved by the full House, not by a unilateral 
     decree of the Speaker;
       Whereas on May 12, 2009, the House approved H. Res. 424, 
     authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to 
     inquire whether the House should impeach Samuel B. Kent, a 
     judge of the United States District Court for the Southern 
     District of Texas;
       Whereas on January 13, 2009, the House approved H. Res. 15, 
     authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to 
     inquire whether the House should impeach G. Thomas Porteous, 
     a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern 
     District of Louisiana;
       Whereas on October 8, 1998, the House approved H. Res. 581, 
     authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to 
     investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the 
     impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, President of the 
     United States;
       Whereas the Committee Report to accompany H. Res. 581 
     stated: ``Because the issue of impeachment is of such 
     overwhelming importance, the Committee decided that it must 
     receive authorization from the full House before proceeding 
     on any further course of action'';
       Whereas that report further stated: ``Because impeachment 
     is delegated solely to the House of Representatives by the 
     Constitution, the full House of Representatives should be 
     involved in critical decision making regarding various stages 
     of impeachment'';
       Whereas the Speaker's extraordinary decision to move 
     forward with an impeachment inquiry without any debate or 
     vote on such a resolution by the full House undermines the 
     voting privileges afforded to each Member and the 
     constituents they represent; and
       Whereas this unprecedented and politically motivated 
     decision by Speaker Pelosi represents an abuse of power and 
     brings discredit to the House of Representatives: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives disapproves of 
     the actions of the Speaker of the House, Mrs. Pelosi of 
     California, to initiate an impeachment inquiry against the 
     duly elected President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution presents a question of the 
privileges of the House.


                            Motion to Table

  Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Hoyer moves that the resolution be laid on the table.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. McCARTHY. Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-
minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a 5-minute vote 
on agreeing to the Speaker's approval of the Journal, if ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 222, 
noes 184, not voting 27, as follows:

[[Page H8073]]

  


                             [Roll No. 555]

                               AYES--222

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amash
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--184

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (NY)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Newhouse
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Upton
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--27

     Abraham
     Balderson
     Beatty
     Cheney
     Clyburn
     Crawford
     Cummings
     DesJarlais
     Escobar
     Gabbard
     Gallagher
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (CA)
     Huffman
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (LA)
     Kind
     Kuster (NH)
     Lawrence
     Lofgren
     Marchant
     McEachin
     McHenry
     Norman
     Ratcliffe
     Smith (WA)
     Turner


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes 
remaining.

                              {time}  1127

  So the motion to table was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I was absent from the House Chamber on 
September 27, 2019, due to a dire illness in my immediate family. Had I 
been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall No. 553; ``yes'' 
on rollcall No. 554; and ``yes'' on rollcall No. 555.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, due to a family obligation, I was unable 
to vote in the House on September 27, 2019. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 553, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 554, 
and ``nay'' on rollcall No. 555.

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