Word: accuseâ
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...then Representatives Montague of Virginia, Moore of Ohio, Graham of Pennsylvania, replied with logic, bantering, merciless. Impeachment, they said, was a formal accusation, not a conviction. And it is the duty of the House to impeach?i.e., formally accuse???any official who they have sufficient reason to believe has not lived up to the standards of his office. Crass ignorance may be ground for impeachment, or drunkenness or indecent conduct. Improper use of influence should certainly result in impeachment. Ungrammatical Representative Reed of Illinois suggested to the House that "if a lot of you people were to be impeached...
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