{"id":2169710,"date":"2024-02-06T19:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T00:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-survives-house-impeachment-vote\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T19:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T00:48:41","slug":"mayorkas-survives-house-impeachment-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-survives-house-impeachment-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas survives House impeachment vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmayorkas-survives-house-impeachment-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2169710&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary \u200bof Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on November 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>4:42 PM \u2013Tuesday, February 6, 2024<\/p>\n<h2>Homeland Security Secretary Survives House Vote<\/h2>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has \u2064successfully \u2064defended his position and duties after a\u200d House vote\u2062 to \u200cimpeach him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Republican-led House\u200d of Representatives\u200c failed to \u2063pass a vote to remove \u200cMayorkas from his position. The GOP accused him of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-lashes-out-at-gop-following-impeachment-filing\/\" title=\"Mayorkas Lashes Out at GOP Following Impeachment Filing\">committing high-level crimes<\/a> and other misconducts during his handling of the border\u200c crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dfinal \u2062vote resulted \u2062in a close \u2064margin of 214-to-216.<\/p>\n<p>With a \u200dslight majority in the House, Republicans could \u2062only afford \u200cto lose three votes in order \u200bto succeed in removing Mayorkas.\u200d However, they fell short \u2064of the required number.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the vote ended in a dramatic tie of 215-215. But in \u200cthe end, one\u200d more Republican changed their vote, preventing \u2062the resolution from passing.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 three\u200b Republicans who \u200dvoted against impeaching Mayorkas \u200dwere Representatives Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), and \u200dTom \u2064McClintock (R-Calif.), along with Blake Moore (R-Utah) who voted \u200b&#8221;no&#8221; to allow\u200d his party \u200dmembers to bring up \u2063the vote again.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, Mayorkas would have become \u2062the second Cabinet official\u2062 in U.S. history to be impeached, with \u2063the last successful impeachment occurring 148 years\u200b ago.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that at the time of \u200bthe vote, the GOP had \u200bthree vacancies due \u200bto the departures of Kevin McCarthy\u200d (R-Calif.), Bill Johnson (R-N.C.),\u200b and the \u2062expulsion of \u2063George \u2062Santos (R-N.Y.).<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b addition, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) was absent as\u2064 he is currently recovering from a stem cell transplant for his multiple myeloma.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u200binformed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to \u2064your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare\u2063 this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A new film called &#8216;Bardejov&#8217;, directed by Danny A. Abeckaser, tells the gripping true story \u200cof a small Jewish town in Slovakia on the verge of destruction during \u200cthe Holocaust and their courageous \u200bfight for survival. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry warns that \u2063with the collapse of \u200cthe new border deal in \u200dthe\u2064 Senate,\u2063 Ukraine aid is now at\u200b risk in the House.\u2063 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Despite facing\u2064 several decisive primary defeats, Minnesota Representative Dean\u2062 Phillips remains determined to\u200b stay in the Democrat Presidential primary until at \u2062least April.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tenants of a \u200ccollapsed building \u2064in the\u200d Bronx are \u2062taking \u200clegal action \u200bagainst the landlord, alleging negligence in\u2064 timely building repairs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meta Platforms is \u2062set to introduce a new feature that will detect and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/honda-recalls-750000-us-vehicles-over-air-bag-defect\/\" title=\"Honda recalls 750K US vehicles due to air bag defect\">label images generated<\/a> \u2064by other companies&#8217; AI services in the coming months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shares of Tesla experienced\u2063 a nearly 6%\u200c drop following\u2062 a report stating that German \u2064software firm SAP will no\u2063 longer purchase their \u2062electric cars.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com has launched a\u200c new AI assistant designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-celebrates-20-years-online\/\" title=\"Facebook Turns 20 Online\">address shoppers&#8217;\u200d product questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S. safety regulators have escalated their investigation \u200cinto Tesla vehicles regarding power steering loss, now conducting an \u200bengineering\u2062 analysis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How many \u2063Republicans\u2062 voted against impeaching \u2063Mayorkas, and who were they<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Homeland\u2064 Security Secretary Survives House Vote<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro\u200b Mayorkas\u200c has successfully defended his position and duties after a House vote to impeach him.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday,\u200d the Republican-led House of Representatives failed to \u200cpass a vote to\u200d remove Mayorkas from his position. The GOP accused him \u2064of committing high-level crimes\u2062 and other misconducts during\u200b his\u2062 handling of the border \u200dcrisis.<\/p>\n<p>The final vote resulted in a close margin of 214-to-216. With a slight majority in the House, Republicans could only afford\u200c to lose three votes in order to\u200d succeed \u2064in removing Mayorkas. \u2062However, they fell\u200b short of the required number.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the vote ended in a dramatic\u2064 tie of 215-215. But \u2064in the end,\u2063 one\u200d more Republican changed their vote, \u200dpreventing the resolution\u200c from passing.<\/p>\n<p>The three Republicans who voted against\u200d impeaching Mayorkas\u2064 were Representatives Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.),\u200c and\u2062 Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), along with\u2064 Blake\u2064 Moore (R-Utah) who voted &#8220;no&#8221;\u200b to allow his party members to bring up\u200c the vote again.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, Mayorkas would have become the\u200b second Cabinet official \u200din U.S. history to be impeached, with the last successful impeachment occurring \u2063148 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting\u2062 that at the\u2064 time of the vote, the GOP had three vacancies \u2062due to the\u2063 departures of Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Bill Johnson (R-N.C.),\u200d and the expulsion of George Santos\u2064 (R-N.Y.).<\/p>\n<p>In addition, House Majority Leader Steve \u200cScalise (R-La.) was absent as he \u2064is currently \u200drecovering from\u2064 a stem cell transplant for\u2062 his multiple myeloma.<\/p>\n<p>As the country continues to face challenges in the realm of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles 'Anonymous' Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">homeland security<\/a>, this vote reflects the ongoing political\u200c divide\u2064 and the difficulty in \u200bachieving\u200d substantial bipartisan \u200csupport. Nonetheless, Mayorkas remains in his position, \u200btasked with \u2062addressing\u200d the pressing issues plaguing the nation&#8217;s\u200d security.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox \u200cfor free. Subscribe here. [insert link to subscription page]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas successfully withstands impeachment proceedings in the House, as testified during a hearing on Capitol Hill. (Photo: Drew Angerer\/Getty Images) OAN&#8217;s Sophia Flores reports on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 4:42 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":2169711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1794940172-e1707265392661.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2169710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1794940172-e1707265392661.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2169710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2169711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2169710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2169710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2169710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}