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In the impeachment process, the House of Representatives brings charges with a 2/3 majority vote. It is then up to the Senate to confirm the charges.

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What term is defined as a vote to bring charges against a president?

The term defined as a vote to bring charges against a president is "impeachment." Impeachment is a formal process in which the House of Representatives can accuse a sitting president of misconduct. If the House approves the articles of impeachment, the president is then tried by the Senate, which can lead to removal from office if convicted.


What do they call the vote that charges the president with high crimes and misdemenors?

Such a vote in the House of Representives is called an impeachment.


To vote to remove the president from office?

The US House of Representatives can bring impeachment charges against the President. If such charges are brought (which has happened twice in US History), then the Senate can vote to convict and remove the President by a 2/3 vote (which has never happened).


What vote brings charges of treason or bribery against a president?

Impeachment is the name for the formal levying of charges against a President by the House of Representatives. An impeached President is then tried by the Senate and if 2/3 of the senators find him guilty, he is removed from office. No President has ever been removed from office by the Senate.


Would impeachment result in removal from office?

Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body, such as the U.S. House of Representatives, brings charges against a government official, including the President. However, impeachment itself does not result in removal from office; it is merely the first step. For removal to occur, the Senate must conduct a trial and then vote to convict the official, requiring a two-thirds majority. If convicted, the official is removed from office; if not, they remain in their position.


Who can acquit the president of impeachment charges?

Upon impeachment by the House (House of Representatives), the Senate holds a trial and either convicts the president or office official or acquits them of the impeachment charges. To convict or acquit, there much be a 2/3 vote. This means the majority of Congress (the House and Senate or Legislative Branch) must vote for an action.


How does the House of Representatives begin the impeachment process in the United States?

They see what the public official has done to be impeached


The bringing of charges against a public official that requires a majority (2/3) vote in the House of Representatives is called?

Impeachment


Who sits as the jury in impeachment cases?

The United States Senate sits as the jury on impeachment cases. Impeachment proceedings are started by the House of Representatives. After hearing the charges, the Senate usually deliberates in private. Conviction requires a two-thirds majority.


Which percentage of senators is needed to convict an individual at an impeachment trial?

Well actually nobody can be guilty of impeachment, because impeachment isn't a crime. Impeachment is the process by which Congress charges a federal official with a crime and the subsequent trials associated with the criminal act. Most commonly federal officials are impeached on charges of treason or misconduct in their role as a government official. In order for someone to be impeached and removed from office 2/3 of Congress must vote in favor of his or her removal.


Who brings impeachment charges against the President?

The Federal House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach or bring charges against government officials (except members of Congress.) A majority vote is needed in the House to Impeach. The Senate has the sole power to try the impeachment case. A two-thirds vote of the senators present is needed for conviction. When a president is tried, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the Senate.


What role do senators have in impeachment?

The role that the senate has in the impeachment process is sole power to try-to judge, sit as a court-in impeachment cases.