Republicans block motion to impeach Hegseth

The headline is the effort by the Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie to begin the process of impeaching the defense secretary is currently stalled. In other words, it has not moved forward to an impeachment vote. And here's why this matters. Because Republicans currently control the House of Representatives, effectively blocking this bill and referring it to the Judiciary Committee means that the Republicans who control We're going to control that committee. are the ones that would have to decide to hold hearings to conduct investigations and as long as they're in control that is almost next to impossible but republicans won't hold on to these two chambers the lower House of Representatives or the upper the U.S. Senate come January and they could be reintroduced by Democrats come January if that happens then there would be a vote on whether or not to move forward and impeach the defense secretary, but even if that does take place once Democrats are in control of the House of Representatives, he can still remain in the job. What would remove him from office is if there is a trial held in the U.S. Senate and there would still be a high bar to remove him from office.