U.S. House urges Pence to start process of removing Trump from office

FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks to the floor of the House of Representatives to begin the voting process on a resolution demanding Vice President Pence and the cabinet remove President Trump from office, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to urge Vice President Mike Pence to start the U.S. Constitution's 25th Amendment process of removing President Donald Trump from office, although the vice president already has said he will not do so.

To invoke the 25th Amendment, Pence and a majority of Trump's Cabinet would need to declare that Trump is unable to perform his duties. Pence rejected that course of action earlier Tuesday. The House is expected to vote Wednesday on impeaching Trump on charges that he incited an insurrection against the U.S. government.