Senate rejects Articles of Impeachment of Mayorkas

Started by je_freedom, April 19, 2024, 02:44:38 PM

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It took the Senate just 26 hours to dismiss the Articles of Impeachment of
Secretary of Homeland Security  Alejandro Mayorkas.
The House delivered the articles to the Senate at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, April 16.
In a series of votes, the Senate completed the process of dismissing the articles
at 4:15 pm, Wednesday, April 17.

The votes were strictly along party lines.
Every R voted to not dismiss, every D (plus the few independents) voted to dismiss.

The reading of the articles was livestreamed at
https://thehill.com/homenews/4597260-house-republicans-read-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-on-senate-floor-watch-live/

The series of votes in the Senate can be seen at
https://www.c-span.org/congress/votes/?chamber=senate

The votes are as follows:

SENATE VOTE 140      April 17, 2024    4:15PM ET
Senate Votes to Adjourn Mayorkas Impeachment Trial, 51-49
   MOTION TO ADJOURN AGREED TO   51-49

SENATE VOTE 139      April 17, 2024    4:08PM ET
Senate Rejects Second Mayorkas Article of Impeachment, 51-49
   POINT OF ORDER WELL TAKEN   51-49

SENATE VOTE 138      April 17, 2024    4:01PM ET
On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table the Schumer Point of Order)
   MOTION TO TABLE FAILED      51-49

SENATE VOTE 137      April 17, 2024    3:54PM ET
On the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Proceed to Executive Session)
   MOTION TO PROCEED REJECTED   51-49

SENATE VOTE 136      April 17, 2024    3:46PM ET
On the Motion to Adjourn (Motion to Adjourn the Court of Impeachment Until Nov. 6, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.)
   MOTION TO ADJOURN REJECTED   51-49

SENATE VOTE 135      April 17, 2024    3:35PM ET
On the Motion to Adjourn (Motion to Adjourn the Court of Impeachment until 12 Noon May 1. 2024)
   MOTION TO ADJOURN REJECTED   51-49

SENATE VOTE 134      April 17, 2024    3:26PM ET
On the Motion to Adjourn (Motion to Adjourn the Court of Impeachment Until April 30, 2024 at 12:00 Noon)
   MOTION TO ADJOURN REJECTED   51-49

SENATE VOTE 133      April 17, 2024    3:19PM ET
On the Motion (Motion to Close the Doors)
   MOTION REJECTED         51-49

SENATE VOTE 132      April 17, 2024    3:08PM ET
Senate Rejects First Mayorkas Article of Impeachment, 51-48-1
   POINT OF ORDER WELL TAKEN   51-48, 1 Present

SENATE VOTE 131      April 17, 2024    3:02PM ET
On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Point of Order)
   MOTION TO TABLE FAILED      51-49

SENATE VOTE 130      April 17, 2024    2:52PM ET
On the Motion to Adjourn (Motion to Adjourn the Court of Impeachment until April 30, 2024 until 12:00 Noon)
   MOTION TO ADJOURN REJECTED   51-49

SENATE VOTE 129      April 17, 2024    2:43PM ET
On the Motion (Motion to Close the Doors)
   MOTION REJECTED         51-49

I can't help being amused by the fact that, when I try to post the word Schumer,
auto correct wants to change it to Schemer!
Here are the 10 RINOs who voted to impeach Trump on Jan. 13, 2021 - NEVER forget!
WY  Liz Cheney      SC 7  Tom Rice             WA 4  Dan Newhouse    IL 16  Adam Kinzinger    OH 16  Anthony Gonzalez
MI 6  Fred Upton    WA 3  Jaime Herrera Beutler    MI 3  Peter Meijer       NY 24  John Katko       CA 21  David Valadao