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Why Hegseth's impeachment could pass the House but still fail
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Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, has filed 8 articles of impeachment against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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The articles allege that the War Powers Act has lapsed without consequence. The law allows 60 days of hostilities without congressional approval, and Massie contends that limit ran out while the Iran war went on.
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Hegseth calls the push a farce and a stunt. At a Pentagon news conference he answered: This is not patriotism. This is sabotage.
“This is not patriotism. This is sabotage.”
If every Democrat votes yes, 3 Republicans are enough in the House. Removal then needs two-thirds of the Senate, where Republicans hold fifty-three of the hundred seats only until January, so the vote would fall while they still control it. Reporting sees removal as unlikely.
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Hegseth dismisses Massie's impeachment articles as a 'farce' and 'sabotage'Read the article
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- LBCPete Hegseth slams attempt to impeach him as 'sabotage'
- BBC“This is not patriotism. This is sabotage.” US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on attempts to impeach him
- europa pressHegseth calls the impeachment a farce and stresses that it will fail
- europa pressHegseth downplays the impeachment against him and Massie
- ANSA.itGOP representative moves for Hegseth's impeachment, but Trump defends him
- AdnkronosImpeachment request for Hegseth presented by a Republican representative