As previously reported, an on-camera debacle ensued Wednesday on the House floor between Republican Congresswomen Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. The crux of the exchange, which turned to vulgar name-calling, was reported to be regarding an impeachment resolution of President Joe Biden for border policy failures, authored by Boebert. Rep. Greene had previously filed articles of impeachment against the President and five cabinet members.

In a less public scene, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted a closed-door conference discussing the matter on Wednesday evening in which he invited Rep. Boebert, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, to address the convened group of colleagues. Rep. Boebert declined to make an appearance. Much of the subject matter at the GOP conference was about the committee process, with the Speaker saying that impeachment should come after ongoing investigations in the House are completed.

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The result of the meeting provided some clarity: multiple Republicans intended to vote against Rep. Boebert’s resolution citing the committee process, hasty timing, and concerns that it would adversely impact future impeachment efforts. An agreement was struck between McCarthy’s leadership team and Rep. Boebert after an emergency meeting of the Rules Committee on Wednesday.

On Thursday, a party-line 219-209 vote referred the articles to two House committees, Homeland Security and Judiciary. This saved face for all involved, as the “privileged resolution” Rep. Boebert authored would have likely ended in a forced but failed vote, leading to predictable division, backlash, and mudslinging in the GOP conference.

Regarding the move to refer the impeachment articles for further study and possible consideration, McCarthy said:

I think it’s best for everybody.

There is concern among the GOP conference that the allegations made in Rep. Boebert’s articles of impeachment based on U.S.- Mexico border policy arguing that Biden bears responsibility for increased crime and fentanyl trafficking are not strong in their foundation as “high crimes and misdemeanors” required to impeach a President. Moreover, Speaker McCarthy and other Republicans have pointed specifically to the issue of the forced snap-vote coming ahead of conclusions from Rep. James Comer’s Oversight Committee or Rep. Jim Jordan’s Judiciary Committee inquiries into the Biden business dealings.

The Speaker said:

That’s very serious, that’s why I don’t want to do anything that harms the investigation we’re going through right now.

While exiting the House chamber, Boebert told reporters:

A sophomore in Congress just forced the House of Representatives to do their job.

From the steps of the Capitol, Boebert claimed victory, saying:

Nothing happens without force. And sometimes you have to shake things up to actually effect change. Washington D.C. is broken. I came here to fix it. And my actions to call up my privileged resolution made way to begin an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden.

Boebert has threatened to bring “a privileged resolution every day for the rest of my time here in Congress,” until the committees move on the impeachment processes. Meanwhile, Speaker McCarthy has said that if conference members decide to unilaterally force impeachment votes, “they probably won’t go anywhere.”