Word: roadblocks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...majority in the House requires 218 votes-and House watchers now calculate that a vote against Douglas today would muster no fewer than 175 members and perhaps as many as 230. Thus, the chief roadblock for the anti-Douglas forces is getting the issue through a committee and then to a vote before the full House. The Judiciary Committee considers formal resolutions of impeachment, but it is headed by liberal Democrat Emanuel Celler, who is expected to favor Douglas. Consequently Ford, seeking a more receptive forum, proposed a step that would be considered by the House Rules Committee under conservative...