House votes to defund Mayorkas' salary in DHS funding bill
The House voted in favor of Rep. Andy Biggs' amendment to block funding for Mayorkas
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published June 26, 2024 4:24pm EDT
The House of Representatives voted to block Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' salary on Wednesday.
It was an amendment by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., for the House's appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for fiscal year 2025, that would block funds in the bill from being used to pay Mayorkas.
Just one Republican voted against the measure, which passed 193 to 173.
"Taxpayers should not be paying an unelected bureaucrat who was impeached by the House. That's why I sponsored an amendment to this year's Homeland Security Appropriations Act to prohibit funding to be used for the salary of DHS Secretary Mayorkas," Biggs wrote on X before the vote.
A second amendment by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to reduce Mayorkas' salary to zero failed, however, in a 208 to 200 vote. One Republican voted present on that measure.
Mayorkas is a frequent target of the House GOP's ire, with Republican lawmakers blaming him for the enduring crisis at the southern border.
House Republicans voted to impeach him in February – the first Cabinet secretary impeached since the late 1800s.
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