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First House GOP lawmakers announce support for Trump impeachment<\/h4>\n

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

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Pence penned a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that dashed Democrats\u2019 hopes that he would invoke the amendment.<\/p>\n

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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

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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

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