Eight House Republicans Join Democrats in Shelving Mayorkas Impeachment Resolution

Eight House Republicans sided with Democrats in shelving a resolution that would have allowed for Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to be considered for impeachment over his failure to secure the southern border.

The Monday-evening vote focused on a Democratic motion to table, or suspend consideration of, Mayorkas’s potential impeachment, not yet regarding whether he would be impeached. With a final vote of 209–201, the House ultimately decided to refer the impeachment resolution to the Homeland Security Committee. The move blocks the motion from coming to the floor for a vote and shields lawmakers from directly weighing in on the issue.

The eight Republicans who dissented from their party were Representatives Patrick McHenry (N.C.), Tom McClintock (Calif.), John Duarte (Calif.), Virginia Foxx (Va.), Darrell Issa (Calif.), Cliff Bentz (Ore.), Ken Buck (Colo.), and Mike Turner (Ohio).