Speaker KEVIN McCARTHY set the table for the move months ago, deciding even before he won the gavel to reinstate the Holman Rule, which had been dormant under the prior Democratic majority. … All these things need to be fleshed out.”īut Buck said he’s more willing to cinch the pursestrings using the Holman rule: “If we've got a problem, a policy difference - not high crimes and misdemeanors - with Secretary Mayorkas, the proper procedure is to cut his salary in the appropriations process,” he continued.Įxpect top GOP leaders to bless the tactic. “You know, people make all kinds of accusations and say, 'We should impeach!' But I haven't seen documents suggesting that has in some way altered the plea offered to HUNTER BIDEN. “It's not what the Constitution says,” Buck said, citing also his own reading of the Federalist Papers. Policy differences alone, he argues, are not enough to justify impeachment. KEN BUCK (R-Colo.), a rare Judiciary Committee Republican and Freedom Caucus member who is not yet sold on impeaching any Biden official. Using the power of the purse to punish Biden administration officials isn’t destined to be any more successful than impeaching them - which is to say not at all, given Democrats’ control of the Senate and the need for Biden’s signature on any appropriations bill. Far from it: One GOP source told us the two tools are not mutually exclusive and that proceedings against Garland could start in the Judiciary Committee as soon as this month.Ģ. Using the Holman Rule wouldn’t necessarily mean Republicans would skip impeachment. Some are hoping to use the procedure on investigators working for special counsel JACK SMITH.ġ. Their possible targets? You can probably guess: Attorney General MERRICK GARLAND, Homeland Security Secretary ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, and possibly even FBI Director CHRISTOPHER WRAY, for starters. The tool that some members, mostly conservatives, are eying is the Holman Rule, an obscure and controversial power that allows lawmakers to reduce the salaries of - and effectively fire - specific federal employees. SCOOP: THE GOP’S BACKDOOR IMPEACHMENT MOVE - With House Republicans divided over impeachment for members of the Biden administration, some in the GOP ranks are considering a possible alternative: simply zeroing out their salaries.
… Friday: GOP presidential candidates gather for the Family Leader’s annual summit in Des Moines, Iowa. … Thursday: Biden participates in the U.S.-Nordic Leaders Summit in Helsinki then returns to Washington.
Reporters battle lawmakers in the 15th annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game. FBI Director CHRISTOPHER WRAY testifies before House Judiciary Committee.
… Wednesday: June inflation numbers are released. testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination as Joint Chiefs chairman. … Tomorrow: Biden and European leaders kick off annual NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Senate returns from July Fourth recess. THE WEEK - Today: President JOE BIDEN meets with British PM RISHI SUNAK and KING CHARLES III in London. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo DRIVING THE DAY Ken Buck (R-Colo.), a rare Judiciary Committee Republican and Freedom Caucus member who is not yet sold on impeaching any Biden administration official.
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