DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Monday [7-29-19], it was a soft-spoken senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri. On Tuesday, the careful chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot L. Engel of New York, threw in his support. So did Jennifer Wexton and Jason Crow, two freshmen who flipped Republican seats in Virginia and Colorado. On Wednesday [7-31-19], the influential chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Nita M. Lowey of New York, added her voice. The trickle of Democrats coming out in favor of opening a full impeachment inquiry is threatening to turn into a flood, raising pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take the full House vote she has tried to avoid all year. This week alone, a dozen Democrats have announced their support for an inquiry, and with at least 117 declared supporters, the backers of an impeachment inquiry are more than halfway to the 218 votes they need in the House. They are a single vote shy of a majority of the Democratic Caucus.”
–Nicholas Fandos, “Support for Impeachment Inquiry Grows in the House,” The New York Times online, August 1, 2019