mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
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- raydude
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mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
Per many articles like this one, it seems 4 NO Republican votes were needed to let the Republicans vote on impeachment of Mayorkas again.
Can someone explain this to me? How does 3 Republican NO votes finalize the matter, but 4 NO votes means they can vote on this again?
Can someone explain this to me? How does 3 Republican NO votes finalize the matter, but 4 NO votes means they can vote on this again?
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
Because the vote would have been 215 to 215 and that would mean the VP would decide the outcome (I think)?
By changing his vote to a "no", it now has been decided by the body and can be raised again for another vote.
What's more hilarious is that the Senate is actively shooting down legislation that the House is presumably trying to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security over.
By changing his vote to a "no", it now has been decided by the body and can be raised again for another vote.
What's more hilarious is that the Senate is actively shooting down legislation that the House is presumably trying to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security over.
Maybe next year, maybe no go
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
Has anyone seen a statement that they are just going to vote again when Scalise is back?
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
Could a Dem have changed their vote to tie it up again?
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
I haven't seen a statement, but if you scroll down on this feed:Alefroth wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:01 pm Has anyone seen a statement that they are just going to vote again when Scalise is back?
Despite rumors swirling that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise – who would be a key vote – could be back tomorrow, his office denies that.
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
I'm not really sure what the moves are and how much they're gaming the process. It's all theater regardless, and having the GOP flounder does make them look worse than having the party's VP come in and squash the impeachment - I can only imagine how the GOP would howl over that and how corrupt the Democrats are, etc...
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
VP Harris is only president of the senate. No House responsibility at all.Smoove_B wrote:Because the vote would have been 215 to 215 and that would mean the VP would decide the outcome (I think)?
By changing his vote to a "no", it now has been decided by the body and can be raised again for another vote.
What's more hilarious is that the Senate is actively shooting down legislation that the House is presumably trying to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security over.
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Also: There are three ways to not tell the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
So is there no tiebreaker in the house? Is a tie just a defeat then?
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
Not a defeat. Everybody gets a trophy.Alefroth wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:59 am So is there no tiebreaker in the house? Is a tie just a defeat then?
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
Only if they were the final vote.
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Re: mayorkas impeachment vote multiple times?
It's done.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... s-mayorkas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... s-mayorkas
Senate Democrats on Wednesday dismissed the impeachment case brought by House Republicans against Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, on grounds that the charges failed to meet the bar of “high crimes and misdemeanors” outlined in the constitution as a basis for removing an official from office.