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Michael Burgess: “The Founders explicitly excluded the term 'maladministration' from the impeachment clause because they did not want to…”

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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