Democrats grabbed the procedural upper hand Wednesday in the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, although it wasn’t entirely clear for everyone from the start.
On the floor, Massachusetts Democrat Edward J. Markey asked Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii: “Can you explain to me, procedurally, what is going on?”
Schumer had introduced a point of order stating the first of two charges against Mayorkas did not meet the constitutional standard for impeachment. The House had last impeached a Cabinet member in the Grant administration in the 1800s.
