Lone Democrat's effort to impeach Trump fails miserably — because of his own party

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Rebeka Zeljko

December 11, 2025

'We can't just impeach someone with no process.'

Dozens of House Democrats turned their back on their colleague who led the latest impeachment effort against President Donald Trump.

Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green's effort to force a vote to impeach Trump failed miserably on Thursday in a 237-140 vote. Forty-seven Democrats, including all of the Democratic leadership, voted present, while 23 Democrats joined Republicans to table to motion altogether.

'None of that serious work has been done.'

Although Democrats are typically enthusiastic when given the opportunity to kneecap the administration, both the leadership and the rank-and-file blocked the vote.

"We can't just impeach someone with no process, without any investigation," Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California said following the vote.

China scrambles to contain oil spill

China scrambles to contain oil spill

By Mila Sanina, CNN
July 22, 2010 6:21 a.m. EDT

A photo from Greenpeace shows an activist investigating the oil-coated waters in Nantuo Fishing Village, Dalian on July 21, 2010.


China

(CNN) -- China on Thursday continued its nearly weeklong effort to clean up an oil spill that has dumped 1,500 tons of crude into the waters in a northeastern province.

Officials are scrambling to prevent the oil in Liaoning province from spreading out into the Yellow Sea and international waters.

About 800 boats equipped with oil absorbers and dispersants have been dispatched. And crews are dumping 30 tons of oil-eating bacteria daily.

Ship traffic at Dalian, China's second-largest port for crude oil imports, was limited to not interfere with the cleanup efforts.

About 420 vessels were turned away in the past four days, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

Fishing, a major industry in the area, has been banned until the end of the summer.

While Beijing is optimistic that the cleanup will be complete by Friday, analysts argue it may take months to contain the oil's spread.

The surface area of the spill covers 166 square miles -- a fraction of the size of the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which is estimated at about 2,700 square miles .

The spill began after two pipelines exploded Friday in northeastern province of Liaoning. No deaths or injures have been reported.

CNN's Emily Chang contributed to this report.



Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/22/china.oil.spill/

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