The House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for mismanagement of the border, making him the first-ever sitting Cabinet secretary to be stained with impeachment. Republicans said they felt compelled to act amid the unprecedented chaos in the country’s immigration system, where the latest data shows the U.S. is adding more than […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told supporters the House will finally be able to muster the votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas when the chamber votes this week. After two previous failures, the pressure is on Republicans to deliver and Ms. Greene, one of the GOP’s driving forces on impeachment, said the third time’s […]
Top O’ the Briefing Happy Tuesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Zatrynas like to keep his rumpus room cold enough to build the occasional butter fort. For the last eight years I’ve made a Zen-like approach to politics my brand. I’ve always had great powers of compartmentalization; I just […]
A Republican congressman who voted against impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been told that he may face a primary as a consequence of his vote. On Tuesday night, House Republicans failed in their attempt to impeach Mayorkas, with 214 votes to support impeachment and 216 against. Republican Reps. Blake Moore of Utah, Mike […]
House Republicans failed in their effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The vote was 214 for impeachment and 216 against. Republican Reps. Blake Moore of Utah, Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, Tom McClintock of California, and Ken Buck of Colorado voted with Democrats, according to The Washington Post. BREAKING: The vote to impeach DHS […]
Last week the Homeland Security Committee voted 18-15 to move forward with articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas. On Monday, the House Rules Committee approved a rule permitting the House to consider the articles of impeachment against Mayorkas. The committee voted 8 to 4 to approve the rule. The committee’s vote means that a […]
A few weeks ago, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) went public with allegations that some of his fellow Republicans may have been “compromised” by Russian date bait. “The old honeypot, the Russians do that,” Burchett stated. “And I’m sure members of Congress have been caught up. Why in the world would good conservatives vote for […]
The House of Representatives failed to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday due to absences and defections. There were some doubts about whether Republicans would have the votes to impeach Mayorkas. They could only afford to lose three votes, and Reps. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) and Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) had previously […]
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday evening 214 to 216 against impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The vote on two articles of impeachment largely was along party lines, with Republicans holding 219 seats in the House and Democrats having 212 seats, plus four vacancies. (House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., was scheduled to be […]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas escaped history Tuesday after House Republicans fell short in their attempt to impeach him, failing to muster enough support within their own ranks. GOP leaders had hoped to make him the first sitting Cabinet secretary ever to be impeached, but they fell short. Four Republicans joined with Democrats in sinking […]
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