Trump-Democrats clash in first round of 'Hegseth impeachment' this week... Pay attention to the rebel vote

The U.S. Donald Trump administration and the Democratic Party, which seized power in the next Congress with a landslide victory in the midterm elections, will officially clash for the first time this week with the vote on impeachment against Secretary of Defense (War) Pete Hegseth.

The resolution to impeach Secretary Hegseth was surprisingly proposed on September 15 by Rep. Thomas Massey (Kentucky), a representative anti-Trump figure in the Republican Party.

At the time, this agenda was submitted in the form of 'privileged' to be voted on at the full House meeting within two days, but House Speaker Mike Johnson declared a recess early and postponed the vote until after the midterm elections.

The House of Representatives will convene on the 9th (local time) after the midterm election recess, and it is highly likely that this agenda will be resubmitted immediately. American media reports on the 8th predict that a vote on impeachment will be held early this week.

On the 4th, the day after the midterm elections in which the Republican Party suffered a crushing defeat, Rep. Massey wrote on

The next day, Rep. Massey said, "If President Trump replaces a nominee like Hegseth, he should do it when he can get his successor confirmed by the Senate." He also said, "The resolution to impeach Hegseth that I proposed is a much more moderate version of what would happen if the Democratic Party took control of Congress. They will hold hearings and trials."

It is highly likely that the impeachment bill against Minister Hegseth will be passed by the House of Representatives. This is because a simple majority vote is required to pass the bill.

Currently, the Republican Party maintains a narrow majority position in the House of Representatives with 218 seats (Democrats 214 seats), and there are many opinions within the Republican Party that the Iran war led by Minister Hegseth was the cause of the crushing defeat in the midterm election as high oil prices and high inflation were triggered, so it is expected that there will be enough breakaway votes of 4 or more.

Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is likely to serve as Speaker of the House in the next Congress, also said, "There will be incredibly strong support" for the impeachment bill within the party.

The vote on the impeachment bill in the House of Representatives is expected to be the stage for the first head-on clash between the Trump administration, which declared 'My Way' and declared that it would stick to existing hard-line policies after the midterm elections, and the power of the next Congress.

After the midterm elections, the Democratic Party has been making strong calls for Secretary Hegseth's dismissal, and President Trump is rejecting this. Minister Hegseth himself has dismissed pressure from the political world to resign and has strengthened his determination to tackle the issue head-on.

There are many observations that if the impeachment bill is passed to the Senate, the chances of passage are not high.

Unlike the House of Representatives, the Senate, which handles impeachment trials like our country's Constitutional Court, requires a two-thirds majority vote for approval.

Currently, the Republican Party has a majority with 53 seats out of 100 seats in the Senate, so even if all Democratic senators vote in favor, at least 20 Republicans must vote to vote for the impeachment impeachment to be removed from office with 67 votes in favor.

However, the direction of the impeachment bill in the Senate could become a test of President Trump's control over the party.

If there are too many defectors, even if it is not the 20 that are required for impeachment, it will become unclear how the mountain of urgent tasks that have piled up before handing over congressional power to the Democratic Party in early January next year will be resolved.

As the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections deepened, it organized the 2027 fiscal year federal budget bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a bill to raise the government debt limit, and a budget adjustment bill that bundles key bills into a package as agenda items to be processed in the 'lame duck session' in November and December of this year.

In particular, in the case of the budget bill, if it is not processed due to the Republican Party's departure, a federal government shutdown (temporary business suspension) may occur after December 11, the expiration date of the temporary budget bill, and President Trump may find himself in the awkward situation of negotiating the budget plan while making concessions to the Democratic Party.