I was just discussing the same thing with my husband last night. Don't we need two-thirds of the vote in Congress to impeach him though? Wouldn't that be an awful lot of seats we need to win?
Nah, I looked it up on wiki and, adhering to the three paragraph rule, here's an exerpt of what wiki says re impeachment on the federal level:
"Impeachment proceedings may be commenced by a member of the House of Representatives on their own initiative, either by presenting a listing of the charges under oath, or by asking for referral to the appropriate committee. The impeachment process may be triggered by non-members. For example, when the Judicial Conference of the United States suggests a federal judge be impeached, a charge of what actions constitute grounds for impeachment may come from a special prosecutor, the President, a state or territorial legislature, grand jury, or by petition.
The type of impeachment resolution determines which committee it will be referred to. A resolution impeaching a particular individual is typically referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. A resolution to authorize an investigation regarding impeachable conduct is referred to the House Committee on Rules, and then referred to the Judiciary Committee. The House Committee on the Judiciary, by majority vote, will determine whether grounds for impeachment exist. If the Committee finds grounds for impeachment they will set forth specific allegations of misconduct in one or more articles of impeachment. The Impeachment Resolution, or Article(s) of Impeachment, are then reported to the full House with the committee's recommendations.
The House debates the resolution and may at the conclusion consider the resolution as a whole or vote on each article of impeachment individually. A simple majority of those present and voting is required for each article or the resolution as a whole to pass. If the House votes to impeach, managers (typically referred to as "House managers", with a "lead House manager") are selected to present the case to the Senate. Recently, managers have been selected by resolution, while historically the House would occasionally elect the managers or pass a resolution allowing the appointment of managers at the discretion of the Speaker of the House of Representatives"
So, it appears to me that only one brave member of the House of Reprsentatives would need to stand up and say ENOUGH. Whether or not Zer0 was thrown out or not, who knows. Maybe by Jan 11 even more people will be behind a move to ditch his ass.
We COULD take up a collection to buy and ship Neutricles to the conservative members of Congress.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuticlesEven fake balls would be an improvement over many of them these days.
