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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).
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Can a president be removed from office by a national vote of the people?
No . only the mps can remove him ?
Does the president have the power to remove a congress member?
The Senate can remove Federal officials from office. The Senate is responsible for initiating an impeachment of a President of the United States. The Senate can also vote to have a member of the Senate removed for misconduct.
Can the military remove the president from office?
The military does not have the athority to remove the president from office.
Which 2 branches of government can remove a judge from office?
The President can appoint the judge and the Senate must vote to see if teh Judge is removed from office or not.
How many votes does it take to impeach the president and why is that important.?
the house is empowered to vote to impeach the president by simple majority vote. meaning they suggest for him to be impeached. then the senate acts as a court of law and tries the president for the charged offenses. a 2/3 majority vote is needed to remove the president from office.
A vote to remove a public official from office?
The vote is called "recall"
What is the point of impeachment?
To get a president out of office that has committed "high crimes and misdemeanors".
How do you remove a Senator from office?
Vote him/her out when the term is up.
The process by which a president is removed from office starts with in the House of Representatives?
, which has the power to initiate impeachment proceedings. If a majority of the House votes to impeach the president, the case is then tried in the Senate. A two-thirds majority vote in the Senate is required to convict and remove the president from office.
What can congress do to check a president's actions?
The House of Representatives can impeach a president with a majority and the Senate can remove a president from office with 2/3s of the vote. If actions are unclear or just suspected, they can launch an investigation to get the full details.
Which term means the removal of the president from office?
impeachment * I think impeachment is merely the vote to remove a president from office. I don't remember the term for the actual removal. 2nd answer: Impeachment is an official accusation. Conviction (by the US Senate) is a finding of guilty.
Who has the power to impeach remove from the office the president?
The Senate in the United States has the power to impeach the president and remove him from office. The president does have to have a trial prior to impeachment.
