The House voted 211–204 to refer Rep. Thomas Massie’s resolution, preventing an immediate vote on impeachment.
Read the storyNovember 11, 2026, 3 a.m. Central time.
The House voted Tuesday to send a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, blocking an immediate floor vote on the charges. The motion passed 211–204, according to the House clerk’s roll call.
The vote was on a procedural motion to refer the measure, not on whether to impeach Hegseth. Referral leaves the resolution with a committee and, as Axios reported, effectively stops this push in the current Congress.
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, the Republican who introduced the resolution, was the only Republican to vote against referral. All 203 Democrats who voted also opposed it; 11 Democrats and seven Republicans did not vote. One independent voted for referral, according to the clerk.
The roll call alone does not establish why members were absent or how they would have voted.
Massie’s eight-count resolution focused largely on the Iran war and also addressed military actions in Yemen and Venezuela, the Associated Press reported. Massie alleged Hegseth had implemented unlawful orders; the allegations are contested and the referral vote did not decide their merits.
Hegseth rejected the effort at a Pentagon news conference, arguing he had committed no impeachable crimes, AP reported. The White House opposed the resolution and urged lawmakers to support referral. Democrats have said they intend to scrutinize Hegseth’s department when they take control of Congress in January.
Nov. 9: Massie introduced the privileged resolution. Nov. 10, 6:02 p.m. Eastern: The House voted to refer it to committee, according to the clerk.
U.S. House clerk: roll call · Associated Press · Axios · White House statement
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