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House Rejects Effort To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas survived a House Republican effort to impeach him. A motion to impeach Mayorkas, something long sought by GOPers, failed 214-216, with four Republicans joining all Democrats against the motion. Republicans leaders had sought to impeach Mayorkas over the crisis at the southern border. But Republicans including Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), […]
Even before Republicans took control of the House, Mayorkas was a target of GOP ire, as he was blamed for the increase in border crossings. The vote took place just hours after Senate Republican leadership declared that a bipartisan deal for border security was dead. As a further sign of the deadlock, the House also was on track to fall short of passage of a bill to provide aid to Israel.
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