# What This Resolution Actually Does

This resolution is essentially a formal authorization for three House committees—Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and Judiciary—to continue investigating whether President Joe Biden should be impeached. Think of it as the House giving these committees official permission and specific powers to keep looking into matters they believe might warrant impeachment proceedings.

The resolution grants these committees expanded investigative powers beyond their normal operations. Specifically, it allows the committee chairs and the ranking minority members (the top Democrat on each committee) to question witnesses for much longer periods than usual—up to 90 minutes total instead of the standard five-minute limit per person. It also gives the minority party more formal say in requesting witnesses and gathering documents. The committees can issue subpoenas to compel people to testify and produce documents, hold public hearings, and eventually write reports summarizing their findings. Importantly, the resolution allows the Judiciary Committee to potentially recommend articles of impeachment to the full House if they find sufficient grounds.

For ordinary citizens, this means that these three committees now have a formal mandate and expanded tools to investigate the President. The public will likely see more congressional hearings, witness testimony, and document releases related to whatever specific allegations prompted this inquiry. However, it's important to note that this resolution doesn't actually impeach the President or accuse him of anything specific—it simply authorizes the investigation to continue and sets the rules for how that investigation will proceed. Whether any of this leads to actual impeachment charges would require a separate vote by the full House of Representatives.

Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.

Armstrong, Kelly

This resolution directs specified committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist to impeach President Biden. The resolution also adopts H. Res. 917, which, related to the inquiry, authorizes initiation of or intervention in certain judicial proceedings by the committees and continues the committees' subpoena authority. Specifically, the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary must continue their investigations, as set forth in the memorandum issued by the chairs of such committees entitled Impeachment Inquiry, dated September 27, 2023. The resolution also sets forth additional committee authorities for conducting proceedings related to the inquiry.