# Name the Impeachment Date for President Trump

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 11, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-impeachment-date-for-president-trump/776879 "2017-01-11T17:37:36Z")\
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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Yes, I know. And you’re wrong. Impeachment begins and ends in the House. A successful impeachment is one that passes in the House. An unsuccessful impeachment is one that does not pass in the House. It’s flat out wrong to say that an impeachment that passed in the House is somehow “unsuccessful”. What the Senate does is a separate issue.

This is silly. The word “successful” is nearly meaningless in that sentence, according to your interpretation. Are unsuccessful impeachments super-common, any time someone introduces a bill of impeachment and it goes nowhere?

Of course impeachment begins and ends in the house–but the purpose of an impeachment is to remove the president from office. You succeed at your action by accomplishing your aims. If you impeach the president and the president is not removed from office, you haven’t accomplished your aims. It’s only a successful impeachment if the president is removed from office.

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