House of Representatives Declines to Impeach Homeland Security Chief Mayorkas

The House fell short in an attempt to adopt a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas.

Photo: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who introduced a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, speaks during a news conference Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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The House fell short in an attempt to adopt a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, when a few Republicans voted against their party’s push to oust him over the Biden administration’s handling of border policy.

The vote ended at 214-216, but only after the chamber first found itself with a rare tie vote. Had it succeeded, the House would have voted to impeach a Cabinet secretary for the first time since the administration of Ulysses S. Grant in the 1800s.

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