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More than 120 members, predominantly Republicans, then switched their votes in favor of holding a one-hour debate on the issue, with a final vote of 251-162 supporting a debate on impeachment. Rather than allow a debate fraught with political risk, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) moved to send the Kucinich resolution to the Judiciary Committee, whose chairman, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), has publicly speculated about impeaching the president or vice president but has declined taking any action since taking the gavel in January.
Defusing any chance of an actual impeachment debate today, the House then voted 218-194 to send the motion to Conyers's committee,
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Ustwo.....I dont think you understand why the Republicans wanted to have the one hour floor debate on the bill. What would have followed was an immediate up or down floor vote on the Kucinich bill inself......and the result (with both D and R support) would have killed the bill completely once and for all.
The alternative, and the only way to keep the bill alive, was to vote against the floor debate and send the bill to the Judiciary Committee where it may (if Conyer's has the balls) result in open hearings at the Committee level next year, which is probably the best Kucinich and the other impeachment supporters could hope for.