Republicans in the US House of Representatives blocked the impeachment of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth due to US military operations in the Middle East and Latin America. This move actually caused the impeachment effort to fail until January next year, when the Democratic Party took over Congress. The Republican leadership initiated a procedural vote to prevent a quick review of the impeachment bill proposed by Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Marcy on Monday. This procedural step of handing over the impeachment case to the Judicial Committee was finally passed with 211 votes in favor and 204 against. After the Democratic Party holds a majority of seats in both houses next year, it will almost certainly push for the impeachment process once again. However, it is still unknown whether they can obtain the two-thirds majority required for a conviction in the Senate.

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