Texas House overwhelmingly votes to get impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton. But will the state Senate agree?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, indicted for fraud but able to avoid prosecution so long as he remains in office, was impeached this weekend by lawmakers in the GOP-dominated state House. The lopsided 121-23 vote represents the broad disgust even Paxton's own party has for him, but now the case moves to the Texas Senate, where GOP discipline and ideology is more strictly-aligned and a two-thirds majority is required. — Read the rest
