Even if the full House impeaches the Homeland Security secretary, he is unlikely to be convicted in a trial in the Democratic-led Senate.
A House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas narrowly failed on Feb. 6. The final vote was 214 to 216. A measure to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas narrowly failed in the House on Tuesday, after three Republicans voted with Democrats against what would have been the first impeachment of a Cabinet member in nearly 150 years.
During the first scheduled vote on the floor Tuesday evening, both Democrats and Republicans had one member absence — meaning that Republicans could afford to lose three votes in the vote to impeach Mayorkas. But Rep. Al Green suddenly appeared for the impeachment vote, which was second. When Johnson was asked by reporters about how he planned to convince colleagues to advance the measure in a future vote, Rep. Joe Wilson responded that they needed to “pray.”“I don’t understand why they don’t count the votes,” Rep. Ralph Norman told reporters, referring to Republican leadership.
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