A vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday failed in the House, preventing the ouster of a Cabinet member by Congress for the first time in 148 years.
Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content DeskWASHINGTON — A vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday failed in the House, preventing the ouster of a Cabinet member by Congress for the first time in 148 years.
Breaking News: The House failed to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, after a small group of Republicans broke with their party.House Republicans charged in two articles of impeachment that Mayorkas, 64, had willfully refused to enforce laws at the southern borders of the United States and breached the public trust, GOP representatives accused Mayorkas of “refusing to comply” with immigration laws, leading to a record influx of immigrants at the U.S-Mexico border, The vote had been expected to be close on party lines. House Speaker Mike Johnson could only afford to lose two Republican votes. If Mayorkas had been impeached, a vote for conviction in the Democratic-controlled Senate was unlikely. A two-thirds vote was required to remove the secretary from office., the secretary of war for President Ulysses S. Grant, in May 1876. While Belknap had resigned his post over corruption two months earlier, the House nevertheless issued five articles of impeachment.in Washington over a five-year period. He was accused of accepting kickbacks from entrepreneur Caleb Marsh to choose one of the man’s associates to operate a lucrative trading post at Fort Sill in the Indian Territory .House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fails, thwarted by Republican defectionsSign up below to be added to our mailing list for the latest news updates, access to exclusive contests, and more!
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