During last week’s State of the Union speech, President Trump fired a series of broadsides against Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. President Biden fired off this opening salvo and the Republicans in the audience, and more generally, never recovered from it. Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under […]
House Democrats are raising the alarm over possible interference with their probe into the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general after he thanked Republican leaders for confirming he is not being investigated by the panels and claimed he is a whistleblower. Democrats on the House’s Oversight Committee and Homeland Security Committee focused on a series […]
House of Representatives Democrats are decrying the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as a “political” stunt. Representative Anna Eshoo, D-C.A, said that Mayorka’s historic impeachment on Tuesday was a “political stunt” and that there was “no evidence of wrongdoing.” “With no evidence of wrongdoing, House Republicans voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro […]
House Republicans voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ― not for any legitimate reason, but because they really want to help Donald Trump look tough on immigration issues ahead of the November presidential election. The final vote was 214 to 213. A handful of Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing the effort: […]
WASHINGTON — The House is expected to vote again on an effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after an attempt by Republicans this week fell short. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., on Friday indicated that the second impeachment vote would come on Tuesday night. Mayorkas survived the first attempt in a 214-216 […]
The House failed to impeach Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. House Republicans had little room for error given their narrow majority. The GOP does have the ability to return to the issue at a later date. House Republicans failed on Tuesday evening to impeach Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, a stunning setback for House Speaker Mike Johnson […]
In a stunning blow to GOP leaders, the House rejected an effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, after a number of Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the vote. The final vote was 214 to 216. The whole effort was a political stunt, with one goal: helping Donald Trump look tough on […]
WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders may not have the votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, hours before they are set to move forward with their stunt. Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) announced Tuesday that he opposes impeaching Mayorkas, making him the second Republican to publicly reject the effort. Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) announced his […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (seen here before he became speaker) faces a razor-thin margin on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. One of the current undecided Republicans is Rep. Tom McClintock of California (left).Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Speaker Mike Johnson will have to guide a historic impeachment through a razor-thin majority. At […]
WASHINGTON — House Republicans took a significant step forward Sunday in their effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by formalizing their allegations ahead of a committee vote. Republicans allege in the first impeachment article that Mayorkas displayed a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law,” while the second article argues that […]
House Republicans formally kicked off their efforts to impeach the head of the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday over criticism of how he has handled the surge of migrants and the trafficking of illegal drugs at the southern border. The House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing where GOP lawmakers tried to prove DHS […]
House Republicans kick off efforts to impeach DHS Secretary over handling of southern border House Republicans formally kicked off their efforts to impeach the head of the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday over criticism of how he has handled the surge of migrants and the trafficking of illegal drugs at the southern border. The […]