<p>The GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> voted on Wednesday to formally authorize the corruption-focused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> inquiry against President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, a move <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans</a> said was necessary to give them more legal weight to enforce <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/subpoena" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenas</a>.</p>
<p>By a <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">221-212 tally</a>, the chamber adopted the authorization <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1734995577669115942" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> that establishes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-releases-biden-impeachment-probe-resolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;sufficient grounds&#8221;</a> exist for the probe to continue after it <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/biden-impeachment-committee-formalize-impeachment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed through</a> the House Rules Committee on Tuesday. With the successful vote, the inquiry follows a similar track as the first impeachment probe against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, which Democrats <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-impeachments-politics-trump-impeachment-inquiry-fd2765706ced4eb29c8737348c64d55c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">did not vote to authorize right away</a> either.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">U.S. House APPROVES Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden, 221-212. <a href="https://t.co/TH6JNpHF8H">pic.twitter.com/TH6JNpHF8H</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1735070122874736897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>All Republicans rallied behind the resolution, including Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who told CNN on Monday that he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-house-republican-is-struggling-with-biden-impeachment-inquiry-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;struggling&#8221;</a> with how he would vote. Buck said he believed there was a lack of evidence against Biden but also lamented how the White House had resisted the inquiry. The one member who did not vote was Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL). The Democrat is a critic of the impeachment effort, but said he was unable to cast a vote against it <a href="https://twitter.com/RepSchneider/status/1735064217030467829" target="_blank" rel="noopener">because of a death in his family</a>.</p>
<p>Three panels — the Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means Committees — have led the impeachment probe since mid-September, when then-House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-gives-parting-advice-to-speaker-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-announces-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the endeavor. Congressional investigators have been <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1701715899248726504" target="_blank" rel="noopener">looking into</a> whether the business practices of Biden&#8217;s family members fostered corruption in government — spurred by a money trail showing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-releases-memo-alleging-hunter-biden-received-millions-from-oligarchs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions of dollars</a> from foreign countries — as well as the Department of Justice&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jim-jordan-shares-key-takeaway-from-hunter-biden-prosecutors-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling</a> of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-file-new-criminal-case-against-hunter-biden-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal</a> probe into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>, the <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/12/12/hunter-biden-dismiss-gun-charges-dismiss-request-second-amendment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">president&#8217;s son</a>.</p>
<p>President Biden, who is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-predicts-biden-wont-be-dems-2024-nominee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seeking re-election next year</a>, has dismissed what he called last week a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-calls-corruption-allegations-a-bunch-of-lies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;bunch of lies.&#8221;</a> But GOP lawmakers contend that the commander in chief has <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/blog/joe-biden-lied-at-least-15-times-about-his-familys-business-schemes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lied more than a dozen times</a> in his denials about his knowledge and participation in his family&#8217;s dealings. Democrats in the House have <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseDemocrats/status/1734983380574392694" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> the impeachment inquiry is a &#8220;sham&#8221; lacking legitimacy and <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1734985791309258876" target="_blank" rel="noopener">evidence of wrongdoing</a> by the president.</p>
<p>Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA), less than two months into his tenure in the leadership position, said a vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry was necessary to combat <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-vote-formalize-biden-impeachment-inquiry-week-johnson/story?id=105391611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleged &#8220;stonewalling&#8221;</a> by the White House. &#8220;When the subpoenas are challenged in court, we&#8217;ll be at the apex of our constitutional authority,&#8221; <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-vote-formalize-biden-impeachment-inquiry-week-johnson/story?id=105391611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said last week</a>. Johnson has also said the House has a responsibility to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYtrKKy7IFE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;follow each truth where it leads&#8221;</a> when asked if investigators have found any evidence that Biden is guilty of impeachable offenses.</p>
<p>Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/17/politics/biden-administration-subpoena-fight/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote to impeachment leaders</a> in mid-November condemning what he described as &#8220;Congressional harassment of the President&#8221; and calling on the House to withdraw its subpoenas and interview requests that have gone out to Biden administration officials, Biden family members, and Biden associates. The &#8220;Constitution requires that the full House authorize an impeachment inquiry before a committee may utilize compulsory process pursuant to the impeachment power — a step the Republican House Majority has so far refused to take,&#8221; Sauber wrote.</p>
<p>One high-profile individual who has resisted a subpoena is Hunter Biden. He <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-shows-up-to-capitol-defies-subpoena-for-house-deposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed up to Capitol Hill</a> earlier on Wednesday but <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-says-gop-leaders-investigating-him-have-no-shame-then-he-skips-closed-door-deposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused to show up</a> for his scheduled deposition, demanding instead that lawmakers allow him to appear for a public hearing. House Republicans highlighted Hunter Biden denying that his father &#8220;financially&#8221; benefited from his business dealings as evidence that the Biden family&#8217;s story <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1734958587904917712" target="_blank" rel="noopener">keeps changing</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1734990961455829095" target="_blank" rel="noopener">under scrutiny</a>.</p>
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<p>Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) and Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) released a joint statement afterward, saying they would initiate contempt of Congress proceedings against Hunter Biden. The vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry serves to &#8220;strengthen our legal case in the courts as we face obstruction from the White House and witnesses,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1734979273352495388" target="_blank" rel="noopener">they said</a>. &#8220;Today’s obstruction by Hunter Biden reinforces the need for a formal vote. President Biden and his family must be held accountable for their corruption and obstruction. And we will provide that to the American people.&#8221;</p>

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