The US House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment in the case of the President and other federal office holders. Impeachment is the equivalent of an indictment and can be voted only by the US House of Representatives. If the House votes to impeach a president, then a trial is held in the Senate and 2/3 majority is required to conviction and and removal from office.
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The House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach. Impeachment is the equivalent of an indictment. If the House votes with a simple majority to impeach a president, then the US Senate holds a trial and if 2/3 of the senators decide the impeached person is guilty he is removed from office.
The U.S. House of Representatives, by a majority vote.
The Senate, House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court all play a part in impeachment. The House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment, the Senate has the power to bring all impeachments to a jury, and the Cheif Justice of the SupremeCourt presides over any Impreachment.
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Only the House of Representatives can impeach a President in the US. Please be aware that impeachment is only the first step towards removing a President from office. An impeached President is then tried by the Senate and a 2/3 majority is needed to find him guilty and remove hism from office.
Congress. The House of Representatives does the impeachment, with the Senate conducting a trial of the President on the charges listed in the impeachment.
Only Congress can impeach a president. The senate controls the court aspect of trying to convict the President. The house is the ones who actually Impeach the president.
The hearings to impeach a president do not start in the Senate. They start at the House of Representatives before proceeding to the Senate.
The House of Representatives can impeach the President. If they find that the President has violated his/her oath, they may start the process.
The House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives , which is the lower chamber of the legislative branch of the US government, has the power to impeach the President. Impeachment requires the Senate to hold a trial which upon conviction by 2/3 of the Senate would remove the President from office,
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