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He “has work to do,” Biden said on Wednesday evening (local time) on the sidelines of a campaign event in McLean, a suburb of Washington in the US state of Virginia. The Democratic politician said he was dealing with issues that affect Americans’ daily lives and wasn’t sure why Republicans brought a case against him in the first place.
From what he understood, they wanted to accuse him of alleged official misconduct to paralyze the government, Biden said in view of the upcoming budget negotiations.
Republicans threaten a shutdown
The Republicans only have a narrow majority in the House of Representatives and some members have already indicated that they will only approve the budget if the party leadership initiates impeachment investigations against Biden. If there is no majority in favor of the budget, a so-called shutdown would take place, meaning that the public company and public administration would be paralyzed.
On Tuesday, the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, took the first concrete steps towards a possible impeachment procedure against Biden. There are credible allegations that the president was involved in his son Hunter’s illegal activities and further investigation is needed, McCarthy said.
Even if the proceedings in the House of Representatives were successful, impeaching Biden would require a two-thirds majority in the other chamber of Congress, the Senate – which is currently considered impossible. The Democrats have the majority in the Senate. (SDA)
Source: Blick
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