House Republicans Prevail on Second Try Impeaching Mayorkas
- GOP leader returns from cancer treatment to cast decisive vote
- Charges against Homeland Security secretary stress border woes
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House Republicans voted by the narrowest-possible margin Tuesday night to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, as a lawmaker returned to Washington from cancer treatment to reverse an embarrassing defeat of the charges last week.
Party leaders rushed to re-do the vote hours before polls closed in a toss-up special election in New York that could give Democrats an extra House seat.