House plans to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate on Tuesday
Source: Roll Call
Posted April 12, 2024 at 3:48pm
The House plans to deliver impeachment articles for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate Tuesday afternoon, after a delay sparked by Senate Republican efforts to ensure an impeachment trial. Senate Democrats have said they plan to quickly dismiss or otherwise dispense with the two articles of the historic impeachment of a sitting Cabinet secretary for willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and breach of public trust tied to the Biden administrations immigration policies.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., initially planned to deliver the articles April 10, but announced the delay after a request from Senate Republicans who have sought to muster enough support to force the Senate to hold a trial. A Johnson spokesman confirmed the articles would be sent Tuesday. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, one of the leading advocates for a trial, told reporters Tuesday that waiting until the next week would allow senators to debate the impeachment while not dealing with jet fume intoxication on the day senators usually go home.
In a floor speech Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said he had not changed his plans to deal with the impeachment articles shortly after they are sent to the chamber. The Senate is ready to go, whenever the House is. We want to address the issue as expeditiously as possible, Schumer said. As I said yesterday, impeachment should never be used to settle policy disagreements. That sets an awful precedent.
Schumers office has said that the day after the articles arrive, senators will be sworn in as jurors and Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray, D-Wash., would preside over the chamber. Senators on both sides of the aisle have said they expect Democrats to offer a procedural motion to dismiss or table the charges, however Schumer has declined to answer when asked about specifics.
Read more: https://rollcall.com/2024/04/12/house-plans-to-send-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-to-senate-on-tuesday/
democratsruletheday
(504 posts)and even turtle Mitch admitted as much the other day. Another swing and a miss by the REPUKES
BumRushDaShow
(129,304 posts)But unfortunately we'll have to briefly sit through the stench of the blooming corpse flower MAGat Impeachment Managers before the thing is dispatched.
Mr.Bill
(24,312 posts)as quickly as McConnell dealt with Obama's Supreme Court nominee in 2016.
C_U_L8R
(45,014 posts)so much losing, such hilarity
Marthe48
(17,005 posts)They have done more to harm the people, and the border that Sec. Mayorkas.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,389 posts)Captain Zero
(6,821 posts)I'm sure the timing is totally coincidental.
And I'm sure Trump left a nine inch vibrator up in Johnson's ass.
Dulcinea
(6,658 posts)Committee assignments or something? Asking for a friend.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,135 posts)MAGAts are too stupid to be embarrassed.
onenote
(42,737 posts)than the trump trial. He needed to do this before putting the aid to Ukraine bill up for a vote.
BumRushDaShow
(129,304 posts)that was suggesting that this might have been delayed again. But obviously they decided to go ahead with it. They "cleared the calendar" for other stuff this week as it is - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143226017