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[2] [3] Mayorkas is the second Cabinet member in history, and first since Secretary of War William W. Belknap in 1876, to be impeached. [ 4 ] A full House vote on February 6 to impeach failed to pass in a 214–216 vote, with four House Republicans joining the minority Democratic Party in voting against the impeachment resolution.
A handful of Republicans joined the Democrats to vote down the impeachment resolution. Mayorkas would have been the first cabinet secretary impeached since 1876.
The panel voted 18-15 along party lines to advance the articles of impeachment against Mayorkas. A full House vote on Mayorkas’s impeachment is expected next week. ... No Cabinet official has ...
See how each member of the House voted on the failed Republican effort to impeach Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ... It only happened once in 1876 when Secretary of War William Belknap was impeached ...
They accuse Mayorkas and the Biden administration of disregarding federal laws on immigration and seek to make Mayorkas the second Cabinet official to be impeached in U.S. history.
Convicting Mayorkas of high crimes and misdemeanors, which required support from two-thirds of a Democratic-controlled chamber, was doomed when two Republicans joined Democrats to strike down the ...
The agency has been plotting its response to impeachment proceedings against Mayorkas, who early on emerged as a top target of Republicans over the Biden administration’s border policies.
The move sets up a vote on the articles by the full House of Representatives, though the date of that vote has not yet been set. ... first Cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years ...