Overview
- The House voted to table Rep. Al Green’s privileged resolution by a 232-147 margin with 47 members voting present, effectively killing the effort on Tuesday.
- Green used a privileged resolution to force the vote, alleging federal immigration officers’ actions led to the deaths of Renée Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
- House Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark and Pete Aguilar announced they would vote present and argued that impeachment should follow comprehensive document review, witness testimony and public hearings.
- The roll call exposed clear divisions in the Democratic caucus as dozens of Democrats either voted to table the measure or abstained while 147 opposed tabling, highlighting a split between base activists and party strategists before the midterms.
- Green’s move was his latest in a series of failed impeachment attempts and comes as Democrats say they may pursue more formal inquiries if they regain House control, a prospect that could trigger lengthy oversight of ICE, CBP and DHS operations.