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U.S. House lawmakers voted to block a Democratic effort to impeach President Donald Trump over the administration’s aggressive deportation agenda, The Hill reported.
Sponsored by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), the resolution accused Trump of abusing his powers by launching an immigration crackdown that led to the killing of several civilians earlier in the year.
The vote was 232-147 to shelve the measure, with eighteen Democrats joining almost every Republican in voting to table the resolution, including Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Jared Moskowitz (Fla.), Kathy Castor (Fla.) and Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.).
Forty-seven lawmakers voted “present,” including the top Democratic leaders: Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Katherine Clark (Mass.) and Pete Aguilar (Calif.).
Democratic leaders said their noncommittal votes reflected the fact that the impeachment articles were brought to the floor without any formal investigations, hearings or broader examination of the charges they contained.
“None of that serious work has been done, with the Republican majority focused solely on rubber stamping Donald Trump’s extreme agenda,” the Democratic leaders said Monday night in a joint statement.