Republicans block House resolution calling on Pence to remove Trump over Capitol riot

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi heads back to her office after calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office either by an invocation of the 25th Amendment by Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the Cabinet members or Impeachment at the U.S. Capitol on January 7, 2021, in Washington, DC. Following a rally yesterday with President Trump on the National Mall, a pro-Trump mob stormed and broke into the U.S. Capitol building causing the Joint Session of Congress to delay the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Trump. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/TNS)

A Marine stands on duty outside the West Wing while U.S. President Donald Trump is in Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 11, 2021. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday blocked Democrats from enacting a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to use the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office as Democrats forged ahead with plans to impeach the president, likely on Wednesday, for his role in inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol.