Federal government In the
United States federal government impeachments, the articles of impeachment are adopted by the
United States House of Representatives.
Adoption An article of impeachment may be preceded by a separate article first declaring an impeachment. In such an instance, an official is already impeached and pending a trial even before the adoption of any articles to provide specific charges to be tried on. This was standard practice in the 19th century. Alternatively, in more modern impeachment, article(s) of impeachment are instead directly adopted without any such preceding impeachment resolution, in which case the first article of impeachment to be adopted is what officially impeaches the official. Often articles are created by a committee that has been tasked with running an
impeachment inquiry. In this instance, they are typically considered in a meeting called a "
markup". After the House has approved articles of impeachment by a simple majority, the
United States Senate will be presented with the matter, leading to an impeachment trial.
State Articles of impeachment have also been used in impeachment at the state level.
Other government bodies Many
tribal governments have impeachment processes, some of which make use of articles of impeachment. ==Philippines==