Democrats lambast absent peers after Republicans block Hegseth impeachment attempt
Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes US politics live – latest updates Democratic lawmakers expressed outrage at nearly a dozen of their colleagues for missing a vote Tuesday evening to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , allowing Republicans to defeat the effort. Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort , which failed by just seven votes. Some blamed traffic and conflicting events …