{"id":105038,"date":"2021-01-23T04:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T04:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=105038"},"modified":"2021-01-23T04:01:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T04:01:29","slug":"house-passes-resolution-urging-pence-to-invoke-25th-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/house-passes-resolution-urging-pence-to-invoke-25th-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"House passes resolution urging Pence to invoke 25th Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FOX News senior political analyst Brit Hume tells ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ Trump is ‘bad news politically’ for GOP<\/p>\n
The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Tuesday to pass a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office. <\/p>\n
The vote (223-205) was seen as symbolic because Pence has already said he would not take the action. The House is expected to vote to impeach the president Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The legislation was sponsored by Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat and former Constitutional law professor who said the amendment was intended to be the “final mechanism for removing a president who is failing to meet the most basic duties of his office and indeed actually harming the Republic with his conduct.”<\/p>\n
TRUMP, PENCE MEET FOR 1ST TIME SINCE CAPITOL RIOT<\/strong><\/p>\n Pence penned a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that dashed Democrats\u2019 hopes that he would invoke the amendment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 25th Amendment allows the vice president and a majority of Cabinet to deem the president unfit for office. The powers would then transfer to Pence.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP <\/strong><\/p>\n Pence said invoking the 25th is not “in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with the Constitution.” <\/p>\n Fox News’ Brooke Singman and the Associated Press contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n