Ever since Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) uttered into existence the “official impeachment inquiry” on September 24, 2019, Republicans had been demanding the full House vote on a resolution specifically authorizing impeachment, as the House had done in the impeachments of former Presidents Nixon, Clinton and Johnson, and establishing transparent and fair rules for it. Weeks later, Pelosi announced she was giving Republicans what they wanted. But, on Halloween Day, Republicans got a trick instead of a treat. Democrats passed, H.Res.660, which simply resolved that the House committees continue doing what they were doing and proposed some rules going forward that are far from fair for the man Democrats have accused of “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
