House Speaker McCarthy to Support Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden, Raising Questions of Impact on Legislative Priorities

This week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is expected to tell fellow House Republicans that he supports an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, according to two sources familiar with the speaker’s plan. The move comes as House Republicans are preparing to hold a closed-door meeting Thursday to provide an update on the investigations into the president and his son, Hunter Biden, that were launched by two committees after Republicans took control of the House in January.

McCarthy is expected to tell his GOP colleagues that opening the impeachment inquiry into the president is the “logical next step” in the investigations. He will be facing a series of legislative deadlines and intraparty conflicts when the House returns Tuesday, raising fears of a government shutdown when money expires on Sept. 30.

The speaker will have little time, a paper-thin majority and a Democratic-led Senate and White House that are ready to play legislative whack-a-mole against right-wing priorities. It is unclear how the impeachment inquiry will affect the other issues that are currently on the table.

The move to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden is a significant challenge for House Republicans, and it remains to be seen how the inquiry will affect the other issues that are currently being discussed. It is also unclear how the speaker’s decision will be received by his fellow House Republicans.