House Blocks Massie Effort To Impeach Hegseth

The House on Tuesday night voted to refer a resolution introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to impeach US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, effectively killing the effort to oust the Pentagon chief.

The measure to block the impeachment passed in a vote of 211 to 204, with 11 Democrats and seven Republicans not voting. Massie was the lone Republican who voted against referring his resolution, despite reports suggesting there would be more GOP defectors.

The House shielded Hegseth from the impeachment despite the overwhelming rejection of the Iran wars among American voters, which was seen as one of the top factors in the Republican defeat in the midterm elections. Once the Democrat-led Congress is sworn in this January, efforts to oust Hegseth are expected to be revived.