OK, so the asshole in chief says there has not been a house vote to start the inquiry.

[TNNurse]

Madame Speaker, do you have the votes? If so, call for a vote, call his bluff.

Thank you.

[MoonRiver]

1. House doesn't have to have a vote to start inquiry.

It's up to the leader.

[TNNurse]

4. I know that, she knows that, but he is using the excuse

that the House has not voted to inquire, so I say have a vote.

[TeamPooka]

12. No. You don't follow his made up rules.

He’s trying to move the goalposts

[Talitha]

18. Exactly.

Let Nancy call her own shots, she's one smart cookie.

[DeminPennswoods]

2. Heard an interesting theory on CNN tonight

that maybe the Trump/Rs want a vote now because they're concerned as more evidence comes out, R Nay votes could turn to Ayes.

[stopbush]

3. There doesn't need to be a House vote to start an inquiry.

Don’t let that asshole set the rules for a branch of government he isn’t part of.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. This. He doesn't get to set the terms.

[zaj]

9. The house didn't vote for the inquiry until after Kenn Starr's report...

... was released. And not until months after the house started the investigation into Nixon.

[StarfishSaver]

11. And the House has impeached people in proceedings that were initiated with no House vote

[wasupaloopa]

5. Don't trust them! There is something they get

by having s vote.

[TidalWave46]

16. Another moment to call it a partisan witch hunt.

He wants house Republicans on record now.

He would call everything that happened before the vote as tainted. <- his base will love this one.

We are left in the exact same position. An impeachment inquiry.

[ArcticFox]

6. Maybe she should

And it might be a good move politically. But the bogus potus will just move the goalposts again.

[Flaleftist]

8. Exactly!

Anyone who thinks he will just cooperate with subpoenas after the vote is fooling themselves.

How many times does Trump have to lie before people realize he can never be trusted?

[StarfishSaver]

10. No.

Speaker Pelosi doesn't work for the executive branch and does not need to follow their orders regarding how the legislative branch operates.

[struggle4progress]

13. Meh. He tries to blow smoke up everybody's skirts.

[Flaleftist]

14. It is not required and Trump doesn't get to dictate how we run the House.

His impeachment will come.

Support for the inquiry and for his impeachment rise with every new poll. I doubt he will be able to reverse the numbers. They just go up from here.

[TidalWave46]

15. Its not a bluff. It's a tactic.

It would be following his orders.

[mcar]

19. No. Don't let dotard dictate the terms of his impeachment

What do you think he and the Rs would do if there was a vote.

They'd move the goalposts. They'd keep on their obstructive path and, with the win of telling Pelosi and the Dems what to do, they'd make more and more demands. Like Republican subpoena power so they could subpoena HRC and Obama records, just to tie things up.

I trust Speaker Pelosi.

[Talitha]

20. Let Nancy decide.

She's got decades of political experience.
She knows what she's doing.

[TNNurse]

21. I know well that Nancy knows endless amounts more than I.

I just want it over, I want him and this criminal organization he is running out before they do more harm.

It is my birthday, something big that hurts Trump badly would be a very nice gift.

[Metatron]

23. Happy birthday, TNNurse!

I hope you have a great day.

[kentuck]

22. She's not just protecting Democratic members...

...she is protecting Republican incumbents, also. They are not real keen on taking a position right now.

If it comes down to taking a vote in the full House, I don't think she will hesitate.

It will be interesting to see how many Republicans in the House are behind the Donald? I suppose they will be almost unanimous.

Does Donald want an impeachment inquiry? It's not like an official impeachment trial in the Senate.

That is why I support the Democrats bringing forth all the charges against Trump that have been discovered to be true. The Mueller Report had ten obstruction charges discovered. There were several proven collusions between Trump and the Russians. Each of the charges should be brought up in a Senate trial, in my opinion. It would be a mistake to go up against the PR machine of the Republicans with just the one charge of a campaign violation in Ukraine.

Democrats are asking for real transparency.