closer schreef op 14 februari 2024 13:29:
US House impeaches Biden homeland security secretary in historic vote
Alejandro Mayorkas, rebuked by Republicans who voted against key immigration bill, first to face such punishment in over 150 years
The US House of Representatives has voted to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden’s secretary of homeland security, on explicitly political charges related to conditions at the southern border as Republicans attempt to capitalize on the issue in an election year.
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In the historic rebuke, the House impeached Mayorkas 214-213.
Three Republicans voted against party lines. Mike Gallagher from Wisconsin, Ken Buck from Colorado, and Tom McClintock from California said the Mayorkas impeachment did not meet the bar laid out in the constitution.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/...