GOP Congressman Says Obama Could be Impeached if He Allows Debt Default
Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa says President Barack Obama could be and probably “would be impeached” if the nation falls into default. “STOP talking about default,” King wrote on Twitter. “The 1st dime of each $1 of revenue services debt. Obama would be impeached if he blocked debt payments. C C & B!”
King is one of the House Republicans who voted for the so-called “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan that would introduce a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget. The Senate last week killed the House bill along party lines.
King isn’t the first Republican to suggest that Obama should be impeached over the debt crisis. Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said earlier this month it would be “an impeachable offense" for Obama to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval.
The word "impeachment" has been heard for other reasons on Capital Hill this year. In April, former Reagan administration official Bruce Fein drafted articles of impeachment in hopes that House Republicans would introduce them. They haven't been introduced.
In March Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said the air attacks on Libya are impeachable acts, although he hasn't done anything to promote impeachment on those grounds.
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