fair. this impeachment inquiry has been both historic and honorable. republicans understood that they were not going to carry their base if they voted for impeachment. and some of them did it anyway. all those in favor, signify by saying aye. although opposed, no. mr. donahue? aye. mr. brooks. aye. aye. aye. a committee approved three articles of impeachment. aye. aye. obstruction of justice, contempt of congress, abuse of power. mr. hutchinson. no. aye. aye. aye. no. mr. rodino? aye. chairman peter rodino left the room and cried. official impeachment would come later with a full house vote,
all those in favor, signify by saying aye. although opposed, no. mr. donahue? aye. mr. brooks. aye. aye. aye. a committee approved three articles of impeachment. aye. aye. obstruction of justice, contempt of congress, abuse of power. mr. hutchinson. no. aye. aye. aye. no. mr. rodino? aye. chairman peter rodino left the room and cried. official impeachment would come later with a full house vote, but it never happened. nixon s wall of republican defenders had crumbled. there s a countdown of sorts on tonight, a countdown toward the expected end of the nixon presidency. tonight at 9:00 eastern
impeachment. some of them did it anyway. all those in favor signify by saying aye. all those opposed, no. aye. aye. they approved three articles of impeachment. obstruction of justice, contempt of congress, abuse of power. no, no, no, aye, aye, no. the chairman left the room and cried. official impeachment would come later with a full house vote. but it never happened. nixon s wall of republican defenders crumbled. there was a countdown of sorts tonight. a countdown towards the expected end of the nixon presidency.
the motion is not germane. i move to table the ruling of the chair. i move to overrule the ruling of the chair. mr. chairman, i will table the motion. motion made to table the appeal the ruling of the chair. all those in favor of tabling the appeal respond by saying aye. those opposed no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. chairman, i asked for a recorded vote. chairman, point of parliamentary inquiry. the gentleman will state his point of parliamentary inquiry. on the vote to table, or for that matter, on the vote to appeal the ruling of the chair, do we take separate votes of the two committees or one vote of everything? my understanding was that both you and mr. cummings were satisfied with one roll call vote. but we ll go through each committee in order. and then we ll take the cumulative vote after the
all those opposed, say no. it was a saturday night and it was sort of near sun down when they voted the first article of impeachment and they re always quiet. peter went in the back and cried. we took it very seriously. and with that vote, mr. nixon became the first president in more than a century and only the second in all of our history to confront removal from office through the only means in the constitution, impeachment. i stood by nixon and felt he should remain in office and then discovered the tape of june 23rd, this was fatal. president nixon stunned the country by admitting he held back evidence from the house