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Outgoing House majority sends Hegseth impeachment motion to committee

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Republicans block impeachment effort against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth | Hanomansing Live

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0:10Newhouse announces a 211-204 vote adopting the motion to refer the impeachment resolution.
0:42Gooderson explains that committee referral blocks the immediate push while the outgoing Congress remains in place.
2:16Hegseth dismisses the effort as a farce and reiterates his support for Trump.
2:50Gooderson says Democrats could renew pressure in January; some Republicans instead want Trump to dismiss Hegseth.

Republicans' midterm losses have not yet translated into a different balance of power in Washington. That is the distinction at the center of Canada's Canadian Broadcasting Corporation news service, CBC News, report on the blocked effort to impeach Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth.

Host Ian Hanomansing introduces footage of Representative Dan Newhouse announcing the result: the House voted 211 to 204 to send the resolution to a committee. The vote halted the immediate impeachment push rather than approving charges against Hegseth.

The resolution came from Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, largely over Hegseth's handling of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, according to the report. Most Republicans stood by Hegseth despite their party's election losses.

Reporting from Washington, journalist James Gooderson explains that the outgoing Congress is still sitting in its lame-duck session. The newly elected members do not take their seats until January, leaving the existing Republican majority able to determine the resolution's immediate fate.

Hegseth, shown speaking earlier, calls the impeachment effort a farce and presents it as another attempt to target President Donald Trump through his administration. "And if standing with President Trump puts me in that company, I'll take that company every day of the week," he says.

Asked whether the motion could return, Gooderson says incoming Democrats could renew pressure after January. He also reports that some Republicans would prefer Trump to dismiss Hegseth himself. The committee referral has preserved Hegseth's position for the moment, without resolving the political demands for his removal.

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