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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 ...
Rep. Mike Gallagher leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 6, 2024 in Washington. The House failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a vote ...
The committee spent much of Tuesday debating before recommending two articles of impeachment against Mr Mayorkas to the House floor. “We cannot allow this man to remain in office any longer ...
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The defeat is a setback for Republican leadership, which alleged that the ...
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]
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.
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 ...