
Procedural vote fails 211-204 after Kentucky Republican files articles accusing Pentagon chief of unlawful war-making
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Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky filed articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday. The articles had to pass a procedural vote to advance, but Republicans still control the House until the next Congress convenes in January. The House voted 211-204 to refer the articles to the Judiciary Committee, essentially killing the effort.
Pete Hegseth has been spared from impeachment — for now — after House Republicans blocked a procedural hurdle that would have led to a vote on the accusations against the Pentagon chief.
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky filed articles of impeachment against Hegseth Monday, accusing him of unlawfully waging war in Iran and Yemen, capturing former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and striking suspected drug trafficking boats.
The articles first had to pass a procedural vote, but with Republicans still in control of the House until the next Congress is convened in January, the measure failed to advance Tuesday.
The House voted 211-204 to refer the articles to the Judiciary Committee, essentially killing the effort.
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Impeachment articles against Hegseth will not advance in the current Congress
Very likely · Within weeks

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