House to send DHS Secretary Mayorkas' impeachment to Senate on April 10, Speaker Mike Johnson says
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., notified Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N
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WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., notified Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N
The House of Representatives voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a 214-213 vote Tuesday night. After Mayorkas survived an impeachment vote last week, House Republicans revived the impeachment articles Tuesday. All but three Republicans voted in favor of ousting the embattled cabinet secretary, the first to be impeached since War Secretary William Belknap in 1876.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer believes Democrats will suffer at the ballot box for failing to back Republican efforts to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Republicans lost the House vote Tuesday, with all Utah reps supportive of impeaching Mayorkas.
Republicans early Wednesday forwarded a resolution to boot Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from his post over the objection of Democrats who say the GOP has failed to meet the bar for impeachment. The strict party-line vote, after an all-day markup that went late into the night, cements the GOP’s plans to ignite the second…