House Republicans were pushing ahead Wednesday with impeachment and investigatory spectacles, but legislating was proving more difficult.
Two committees worked on efforts to hold Hunter Biden, the president’s son, in contempt of Congress for failing to appear for a closed-door deposition, while the Homeland Security Committee began to make its case for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The Oversight and Accountability markup made the most news as Biden upped the game by appearing in person, but the biggest tell about the state of the Republican conference came on the floor, where for the second time since Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was elected in October, the narrow House GOP majority was unable to muster the votes to adopt a special rule governing this week’s scheduled floor business.
