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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 House of Representatives, by an extremely narrow margin, voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached in almost 150 years.
It only happened once in 1876 when Secretary of War William Belknap was impeached in the House but acquitted in the Senate. Here’s how each member of the House voted. Filter and sort the table ...
A full House vote on Mayorkas’s impeachment is expected next week. ... No Cabinet official has been impeached in nearly 150 years. According to the Associated Press, the last time was in 1876 ...
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.
The Republican-controlled House impeached Mayorkas in February. The senators voted 51-48 against considering the first article of impeachment, with one Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska ...
This is the second time in U.S. history that a Cabinet member has been impeached; ... "Secretary Mayorkas Is Being Impeached for Following the Law on Border Enforcement," Feb. 7, 2024.