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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]
Mayorkas denied wrongdoing, and the White House and congressional Democrats blasted the exercise as a misuse of the impeachment powers to highlight a policy dispute, rather than addressing the ...
On Tuesday afternoon, the 11 House Republicans named to prosecute the case against Mayorkas made the ceremonial walk across the U.S. Capitol to present the articles of impeachment to the Senate ...
The Senate made short work of the articles of impeachment against Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, ending the historic trial before it began in earnest as the Democratic ...
The US Senate on Wednesday voted to end the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, bypassing with procedural votes the first attempt by Congress to oust a Cabinet ...
In any case, Republicans would not be able to win the support of the two-thirds of the Senate that is needed to convict and remove Mayorkas from office — Democrats control the Senate, 51-49, and ...
A handful of Republicans joined the Democrats to vote down the impeachment resolution. Mayorkas would have been the first cabinet secretary impeached since 1876. U.S. House fails to impeach ...
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.