Impeachment Resolution Adopted by Congress

Nadin Brzezinski
Dialogue & Discourse
5 min readOct 31, 2019

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Via C-Span

Yes, it was a party-line vote. The numbers were 232 for and 196 against. And yes, it is still historic. The Constitution was ratified in 1789. There have been only four impeachment inquiries in the history of the nation. The first against Andrew Johnson is mostly forgotten. It is worth noting though that the proximal reason was Johnson breaking a law passed by Congress. It is also worth noting that Johnson was not…

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Nadin Brzezinski
Dialogue & Discourse

Historian by training. Former day to day reporter. Sometimes a geek who enjoys a good miniatures game. You can find me at CounterSocial, Mastodon and rarely FB