House Speaker Mike Johnson will delay sending articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week, to give senators more time to debate the matter.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson will delay until next week sending articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate , his spokesman said, after previously saying they would be transmitted on Wednesday. 'To ensure the Senate has adequate time to perform its constitutional duty, the House will transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate next week,' said Taylor Haulsee, a spokesman for Johnson.
, who is close to the speaker and one of the senators who personally urged him to hold off. Senate Democrats, who control the chamber, were expected to quickly vote this week to dismiss or table the two Mayorkas impeachment articles and move on to other business. But Republicans have spent this week demanding the Senate hold a full Senate trial focused on Mayorkas' handling of border security.
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