The House on voted 211 to 204 to refer Rep. Thomas Massies privileged impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, a motion to refer recorded as Roll Call 317 at 6:02 in the evening that effectively killed a floor vote on the eight articles.
The House Clerks official tally matches that 211-204 result, with 210 Republicans and one Independent voting yea, 203 Democrats and Massie, a Kentucky Republican, voting nay, and 18 members not voting. The question before the House was On Motion to Refer, not a merits vote on whether to impeach, and the resolution itself is H. Res. 1655, titled as impeaching Peter Brian Hegseth for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Massie, who is retiring in early January after losing his primary, said Monday he would not bring up another impeachment resolution against Hegseth. Democrats could still force the issue when they retake control of both chambers in January.
The resolution accused Hegseth of launching the Iran war without congressional approval, ignoring laws meant to minimize civilian casualties, directing extrajudicial killings in Caribbean boat strikes, directing the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro, and retaliating against Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, among other allegations. At a Pentagon news conference Tuesday morning, Hegseth called the effort a farce and a political spectacle, saying, None of these are high crimes or misdemeanors, and adding, Theyre partisan policy disagreements from people who want to politicize our military.
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