The Republican-controlled House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.

The vote marks the first time in nearly 150 years that a Cabinet secretary has been impeached.

House Republicans have spent months investigating the secretary’s actions as they’ve aimed to make immigration and border security a key election issue.

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    9 months ago

    Question: does impeachment mean anything, i mean they impeached trump twice i believe and still sat there till the end

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        9 months ago

        Which is the point of this. They’re running a twice impeached candidate.

        Their purpose is to make impeachment a common, meaningless political stunt.

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      9 months ago

      The house impeaches with a majority of votes for the members present at the time.

      Next it has to pass the Senate trial. The Senate is 49 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 3 independent. A couple Democrats also tend to side with Republicans. Since he has been impeached, a trial happens in the Senate and 2/3 majority has to agree to remove from office.

      I’d assume unless someone fucked up really badly and both sides hate them it is very unlikely for a 2/3 majority.

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      Impeachment is like being charged with a crime; removal is like being convicted. Trump was impeached, but not removed