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Republicans Can’t Force the Senate to Remove Mayorkas, So They’re Delaying It

The Senate is expected to quickly move to dismiss impeachment articles against the Homeland Security secretary — and conservatives are not pleased.

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Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republican senators called for a full trial over Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

The Senate will almost certainly quickly dismiss articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. But in a victory — sort of — for Republican senators, it won’t be this week.

House Speaker Mike Johnson opted on Tuesday to delay sending articles of impeachment against Mayorkas to the Senate until next week at a group of conservative senators’ request.

The senators framed the delay as a win at a press conference, arguing it would better the chances that lawmakers consider the articles rather than immediately tabling them so they could skip town. The articles were originally expected to be delivered to the Senate this week.