Democrats lambast absent peers allowing Republicans to squash 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 squash 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 …


