The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday evening to send an effort to impeach Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively killing the movement to oust the defense secretary before the end of the year.
The vote was 211-204. While Republicans will still be in charge of both chambers until the new Congress is sworn in January, Democrats in part gave House GOP leaders a window to sideline the impeachment effort due to absences. Eleven House Democrats did not vote on the measure, more than the seven-vote margin.
