Sen. Loeffler To Introduce Resolution Rebuking Pelosi’s 25th Amendment Panel Bill

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) is expected to introduce a resolution to condemn House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after the Democratic lawmaker announced the creation of a “Commission on President Capacity.”

Pelosi, along with Rep. 👤Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), unveiled a bill for the creation of the panel on Friday during a press conference. The panel is “the body and process called for in the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to enable 🏛️Congress to help ensure effective and uninterrupted leadership in the highest office in the Executive branch of government,” Pelosi’s press release reads. The panel could rule on a president’s physical and mental fitness for office.

The 25th Amendment “provides the procedures for replacing the president or vice president in the event of death, removal, resignation, or incapacitation,” as the Cornell Law School writes.

Loeffler pushed back, saying in a statement that Pelosi’s announcement is “her latest scheme to attack President Donald J. Trump. From the day President Trump was sworn in,