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- There will be no impeachment proceedings against Alejandro Mayorkas.
- There was no majority in the large parliamentary chamber that wanted to remove the US Secretary of Homeland Security.
The Republicans have failed in the House of Representatives to initiate impeachment proceedings against US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. A few Republicans refused to vote for it. Due to the narrow Republican majority, the vote ended with 216 votes to 214 against the motion. Before that it was 215 votes to 215 for minutes.
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Republicans were one vote short of impeachment proceedings.
Keystone/Alex Brandon
Republicans accused Mayorkas of “knowingly making false statements” when he said in a hearing that the government had everything under control at the border. In addition, Mayorkas is said to have “placed his political preferences above compliance with the law,” as Republican committee chairman Mark E. Green said.
Impeachment was considered unlikely regardless of today’s vote. After the House of Representatives, the Senate, with a two-thirds majority, would also have had to vote for impeachment. However, there are more Democrats in the Senate than Republicans. Many Democrats saw the attempted impeachment as an election maneuver given the hopelessness.
SRF 4 News, February 7, 2024, 2:00 a.m.; Agencies/msch
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