to bypass the House Judiciary: Even if Conyers does not agree, a State Proclamation calling for impeachment requires a floor vote to start the review, and it cannot be buried in committee. This is not correct, given the [ House Rule 603 ] permitting a state proclamation for impeachment: That bill is then referred to the House Judiciary Committee, where it will not get voted out to the floor, because impeachment is off the table, and Chairman Conyers agrees with the reasoning on that. And the reasoning, since you said you don't know, is that we don't have the votes for Senate conviction. Whether the Senate votes to convince is meaningless: Impeachment is a power of the House. If it is a "meaningless" thing, why is the GOP opposed to it? One answer: Impeachment denies the President pardon-promises. As to the claim that the Judiciary Committee can "block" an impeachment: Non-sense. The Precedent of Judge Swayne's impeachment establishes that even when the Committee cannot agree on what happened, the States retain the power and right to require the House to vote -- outside the Committee -- whether it will or will not impeach, investigate, or review. The proclamation must be dealt with. The House Judiciary does not have the lawful power to not use all legal options to defend the Constitution. That defies their oath. If anyone would like to read more about this, I encourage you to read House Rule 603: There is a way to bypass the House