After the Marjorie Taylor-Greene-led effort to impeach a member of the Biden Administration failed by a vote of 214 to 216, with four Republicans voting not to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas. Democrats cheered as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson announced the motion’s failure.
Colorado Republican Congressman Ken Buck told CNN in a televised interview that Preacher of the House Mike Johnson would reintroduce the impeachment resolution on Wednesday, after Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise, who missed today’s vote, returns to the chamber.
[Editor’s Note: A member of House GOP leadership changed his vote to “no”–the fourth Republican Nay–in a procedural move that will allow the resolution to be brought back to the floor for a new vote on Thursday, when Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise will be on the floor for a vote, presumably to impeach, to make it 216-215 in favor of the motion… because when you need a parliamentary trick to support an official’s impeachment, it’s surely a sign of its legitimacy.]