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[5] [6] Mayorkas was confirmed by the United States Senate in a 56–43 vote. [7] This made Mayorkas's appointment one of the most contested of all Biden's cabinet nominees. [8] In August 2021, Congressman Andy Biggs introduced a resolution to impeach Mayorkas. It was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary and saw no further action. [9]
Instead of formally launching an impeachment inquiry with a House floor vote, the GOP effort to impeach Mayorkas has been unilaterally run through the Homeland Security Committee as opposed to the ...
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.
Mayorkas, who did not appear to testify before the impeachment proceedings, put the border crisis squarely on Congress for failing to update immigration laws during a time of global migration.
A handful of Republicans joined the Democrats to vote down the impeachment resolution. Mayorkas would have been the first cabinet secretary impeached since 1876.
Later on February 13, 2024, the United States House of Representatives successfully impeached Mayorkas in a 214-213 vote. [27] The Democrat-controlled Senate dismissed the charges without a trial, something that has never happened with any impeachment before. [28]
This came after an unsuccessful impeachment vote of Mayorkas one week prior. [15] Mayorkas is the first cabinet member to be impeached since William Belknap in 1876. [16] The Senate voted 51–49 to dismiss the impeachment charges on April 17, ending the impeachment without a trial. [17]
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday impeached Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It is unlikely Mayorkas will be charged in the Democratic-controlled Senate, and ...