House Republicans may lean on a tactic used by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to push forward an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden without majority support in the chamber, according to a new report.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has spoken with other members of the Republican caucus in recent weeks to formulate a strategy on an impeachment inquiry into Biden. The House Speaker does not yet have the votes in the House to bring an inquiry up for a vote in the chamber, however, according to CNN.

McCarthy is on a fairly tight timeline since he hopes to start the impeachment inquiry by the end of September. In order to save his moderate members a vote on the impeachment inquiry, McCarthy and other top Republicans are considering a precedent started by Pelosi: beginning the inquiry first, then bringing it up for a vote later, sources told CNN.

There is no constitutional requirement that an official impeachment inquiry begin with a vote in the chamber. Pelosi broke historical precedent, however, in unilaterally announcing an official impeachment inquiry into former President Donald Trump.

“Today, I am announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry,” Pelosi said ahead of Trump’s first impeachment. She said various House investigations already ongoing into Trump would be folded under the “umbrella” of an official impeachment inquiry.

The announcement saved some in the Democratic caucus from taking a vote that may have drawn backlash from their constituents. Pelosi’s move at the time generated furious reactions from Republicans who said the inquiry should be approved by a majority of the House.

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Former Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) said in a social media post at the time that “claiming the House is conducting an impeachment inquiry doesn’t make it so. Until the full House votes to authorize an inquiry, nobody is conducting a formal inquiry.”

The impeachment inquiry went forward for over a month before it was brought up for and passed a vote in the House.

McCarthy is now considering a similar strategy that would protect moderate members of his caucus elected in Biden-leaning areas from taking a controversial vote that could get them in trouble with voters. Since Pelosi edged around the customary rules in the Trump impeachment, Republicans appear ready to accept an official inquiry launched under similar circumstances.

“I don’t believe that a vote of the House is required to open an impeachment inquiry,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, told CNN.

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday called on the National Archives to produce records detailing when and where President Joe Biden’s embattled son, Hunter Biden, had access to Air Force Two.

According to recent reports, Hunter accompanied then-Vice President Biden on more than a dozen foreign trips on Air Force Two — the name given to any plane currently transporting the Vice President of the United States.

“JOE ABUSED VP PRIVILEGE,” the GOP leaders of the Oversight Committee shared via X. “Recent reporting indicates that, as VP, Joe Biden abused Air Force Two by allowing his son Hunter to tag along to AT LEAST 15 COUNTRIES to sell ‘The Brand’ to enrich the Biden family. Hunter would regularly schedule business meetings while traveling abroad with the VP according to emails from his laptop.”

“Given this development and testimony from Devon Archer that then-VP Biden met with at least one of Hunter Biden’s associates in Beijing while visiting on official business, @RepJamesComer and @RepDonaldsPress are calling on the National Archives to provide documents, communications, and manifests related to then-VP Biden’s misuse of Air Force Two and Marine Two,” the post continued, along with a screenshot of the letter sent to the National Archives.

🚨JOE ABUSED VP PRIVILEGE🚨

Recent reporting indicates that, as VP, Joe Biden abused Air Force Two by allowing his son Hunter to tag along to AT LEAST 15 COUNTRIES to sell “The Brand” to enrich the Biden family. Hunter would regularly schedule business meetings while traveling… pic.twitter.com/eZl6HA07G4

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) August 30, 2023

The letter, addressed to Archivist Colleen Shogan, stated that the reported use of Air Force Two and Marine Two suggested Biden allowed his son to travel at the taxpayers’ expense while facilitating his efforts to hawk the “Biden Brand” in numerous foreign nations.

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“Devon Archer, a longtime Biden family associate, has stated it is ‘categorically false’ that Joe Biden played no role in his son’s foreign business dealings. Flights on Air Force Two around the world to seal business deals are evidence of that role,” the letter continued.

According to the most recent reports, Hunter may have traveled alongside his father on Air Force Two to Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia, Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya and South Korea. It was already well-publicized that he traveled with Vice President Biden to China and Mexico, and additional reports suggest that he might have also joined his father in Belgium and Spain.

The letter calls on the archives to provide Oversight with “special access” to “[a]ll Air Force Two and Marine Two manifests from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017, that include any Biden family member or associates (Eric Schwerin, Devon Archer, or Jeffrey Cooper)” in addition to any and all “documents and communications” pertaining to such travel.