Politics
House blocks Massie's effort to impeach Hegseth
CBS News · 52 minutes ago · Read the Full Story on CBS News
AI SUMMARY
The House voted 211 to 204 to refer and effectively kill GOP Rep. Thomas Massie's resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war with Iran.
- The House voted 211 to 204 to refer Rep. Thomas Massie's impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, effectively killing it.
- Massie was the lone Republican to vote with all Democrats against referring the resolution. But Massie stated he will not bring up another impeachment resolution against Hegseth as he retires in January following a primary loss.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries indicated that Democrats could still force the issue after retaking control of both chambers in January.
- Massie plans to force a separate vote on a war powers resolution.
- The failed impeachment resolution accused Hegseth of launching the Iran war without congressional approval, ignoring civilian casualty minimization laws, directing extrajudicial killings via Caribbean boat strikes, directing the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and retaliating against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.
- Pete Hegseth denounced the impeachment effort during a news conference as a farce, political spectacle, and partisan policy disagreement.
- President Trump mocked the impeachment effort, stating it miserably failed.
- Seven Republicans and 11 Democrats missed the vote.
- Only two Cabinet secretaries in U.S. history have previously been impeached: Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876 and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2024, with both ultimately acquitted or having charges dismissed.
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