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On the recordDecember 16, 2019
The Founders explicitly excluded the term 'maladministration' from the impeachment clause because they did not want to subject Presidents to the whims of Congress.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess cites the Founders' intent to limit impeachment powers.

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