The move against President Biden, which Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been signaling for weeks, comes as some far-right House Republicans are irate over spending and threatening to depose him.
Mr. McCarthy has signaled for weeks that he wants to pursue an impeachment inquiry of the president to give congressional investigators more power to dig into Mr. Biden’s family finances with the aim of uncovering wrongdoing.
The speaker still believes a House vote is necessary to formally start an impeachment inquiry, according to the people familiar with his plans, who spoke about them on the condition of anonymity.
If an impeachment inquiry were to be approved, House investigators would issue subpoenas for the bank records of Mr. Biden and his family members, according to those familiar with the plans.
The move to endorse an impeachment inquiry, reported earlier by Punchbowl News after the speaker had suggested it publicly for weeks, comes as Mr. McCarthy is under intense pressure from his right flank.
Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and frequent critic of the speaker, plans to deliver a floor speech on Tuesday outlining the arch-conservative case against Mr. McCarthy, laying the groundwork for a potential move to oust him.
Mr. Gaetz and others argue that Mr. McCarthy has failed to live up to promises he made to win the speakership, including in his handling of the budget process, where they are pushing for steep spending cuts that have little chance of enactment in a move that could force a shutdown within weeks.
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Mr. McCarthy has signaled for weeks that he wants to pursue an impeachment inquiry of the president to give congressional investigators more power to dig into Mr. Biden’s family finances with the aim of uncovering wrongdoing.
The speaker still believes a House vote is necessary to formally start an impeachment inquiry, according to the people familiar with his plans, who spoke about them on the condition of anonymity.
If an impeachment inquiry were to be approved, House investigators would issue subpoenas for the bank records of Mr. Biden and his family members, according to those familiar with the plans.
The move to endorse an impeachment inquiry, reported earlier by Punchbowl News after the speaker had suggested it publicly for weeks, comes as Mr. McCarthy is under intense pressure from his right flank.
Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and frequent critic of the speaker, plans to deliver a floor speech on Tuesday outlining the arch-conservative case against Mr. McCarthy, laying the groundwork for a potential move to oust him.
Mr. Gaetz and others argue that Mr. McCarthy has failed to live up to promises he made to win the speakership, including in his handling of the budget process, where they are pushing for steep spending cuts that have little chance of enactment in a move that could force a shutdown within weeks.
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