25th amendment

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office. Hours earlier, Pence had sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stating he would not do so.

In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence said he doesn’t believe invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office is “in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution.”

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Penn., describes her reasons why she would vote for a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.

U.S. House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, spar over Jordan’s refusal to say President-elect Joe Biden won fair and square.

Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead Monday with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy and pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act even more quickly in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his presidency. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

Congressional Democrats want Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and declare Trump incapable of exercising the duties of his office, but if he does not, and the president does not resign, they say they will move to impeach him for an unprecedented second time. Here’s what you need to know.

On Monday, a House resolution calling on Vice President Pence to invoke constitutional authority to remove Trump from office was blocked by Republicans. However, the full House is set to hold a roll call vote on that resolution on Tuesday, and it is expected to pass. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the latest details.

House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., brought a resolution asking Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Donald Trump from office. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. Unanimous consent passage was blocked by Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va.

President-elect Joe Biden says President Donald Trump isn’t “fit for the job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls that he be impeached for a second time

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on Trump to resign or be impeached. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk explains how local reps in Congress, including Mary Gay Scanlon, are discussing removing the President before the end of his term.

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon tells NBC10’s Lauren Mayk she supports the 25th Amendment removal of President Trump, or impeachment, after a mob stormed onto Capitol Hill during the electoral college vote Wednesday.

The chaos at the Capitol are starting to show consequences for President Donald Trump, who have largely spent his years in office flouting presidential conventions with the support of his staff and party. Lawmakers, including Republican House member Adam Kinzinger, have called for Vice President Mike Pence to unseat Trump via the 25th amendment. Meanwhile, Trump’s cabinet and staff members...

Many lawmakers who are calling for the removal of President Trump in the aftermath of the Capitol riot have invoked the 25th amendment. Temple University law professor Craig Green explains how the amendment works.

The riots at the U.S. Capitol have prompted calls from a number of high-ranking politicians, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, for President Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment. But there are a number of obstacles that stand in the way of that happening. NBCLX’s Clark Fouraker explains.

Senators and Representatives are coming out in support of the 25th Amendment or impeachment to remove President Trump from office after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.

The day after the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called for cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called for Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.

More than 50 years ago, the U.S. Constitution was amended to provide a way to remove from office a president who isn’t capable of fulfilling his duties to the country. The 25th Amendment provides the specific instructions to handle that transfer of presidential power. Read the full 25th Amendment here: Section 1 In case of the removal of the President…

Following the mob insurrection that took place after the goading of the sitting president of the United States which resulted in the temporary sacking of the U.S. Capitol and ended with the deaths of four people, there have been calls from some quarters to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Donald Trump from office.

Democrats, a U.S. trade group and former members of President Donald Trump’s administration have urged Vice President Mike Pence and Trump’s cabinet to declare Trump unfit for office and remove him via the 25th Amendment. The calls for Trump’s removal come after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday hours after Trump encouraged them to...