House to delay sending Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate
By
Cami Mondeaux
,
David Sivak
and
Samantha-Jo Roth
April 9, 2024 3:52 pm
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The House will postpone its plans to send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate after concerns by Republican senators that Democrats would push to table a trial if brought to the floor too soon.
After a request from a group of GOP senators on Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) agreed to delay transferring the articles until Monday, a GOP senator confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The House was initially scheduled to send the articles to the Senate on Wednesday.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) confirmed that the impeachment articles would reach the upper chamber on Monday after Republican senators pushed for a later trial. That push came as some Democratic lawmakers have indicated they would vote to table the impeachment articles, avoiding a trial altogether.
“The speaker, we asked him to delay sending over the articles until Monday to at least give us a full week,” Kennedy said. “We’ll see if [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer honors the extra time.”
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