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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]
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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]
The impeachment of Mayorkas landed quickly onto the House agenda after Republican efforts to impeach Biden over the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, hit a lull, and the investigation ...
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 ...