Congress returns after their two-week Easter break.   House Speaker Johnson announced that he will formally send the Senate the bill of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.  The Mayorkas impeachment is the first one against a member of the President’s cabinet in over 100 years.

The House impeached Mayorkas on a partisan vote of 214-213 demonstrating that there is no Democratic support for the effort as it moves to the Senate.  Under the Senate rules the House impeachment is a privileged motion that they must take up. Senate Leader Schumer has not shown his hand, but with no support from Senate Democrats and skepticism among some Republicans it should be disposed of quickly.

In addition to the formality of sending the Mayorkas impeachment resolution to the Senate Speaker Johnson has told Members of the Republican caucus that he has a plan to bring up a legislative proposal to provide money for Ukraine.  The Speaker apparently has a different plan than the legislation that the Senate passed which contains money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, though most of the money is spent in the US for the manufacture of arms. 

The aid package faces opposition from some Republicans who oppose the Ukraine portion of the pa...

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