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On the recordJune 21, 2016
I would submit that, if Congress decided to impeach perhaps the director of the IRS, that we could do so for any reason or no reason at all.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King argues Congress has broad authority to impeach executive branch employees.

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