{"id":224520,"date":"2026-09-17T14:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/house-to-leave-early-punting-hegseth-impeachment-vote-until-after-november-elections-nbcnews-com\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:25:35","slug":"house-to-leave-early-punting-hegseth-impeachment-vote-until-after-november-elections-nbcnews-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/house-to-leave-early-punting-hegseth-impeachment-vote-until-after-november-elections-nbcnews-com\/","title":{"rendered":"House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections – nbcnews.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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House members will leave Washington on Wednesday night for the last time before the November midterm elections, after GOP leaders said they were canceling votes set for Thursday.
The change in schedule means that the House won\u2019t vote on Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky\u2019s resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth until after Election Day.
GOP leaders insisted their decision had nothing to do with Massie\u2019s impeachment efforts. But they were eager to avoid a difficult vote for many of their vulnerable Republican members who have been uneasy with Hegseth\u2019s leadership during the unpopular six-month war with Iran<\/a>.
Talking to reporters Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., slammed Massie\u2019s impeachment effort as \u201cridiculous\u201d and defended Hegseth.
\u201cIt\u2019s a publicity stunt by someone who wants attention. It will immediately be tabled, of course. … We\u2019ll probably do it when we come back, but it\u2019s a stunt,\u201d Johnson said (tabling would effectively kill the measure). \u201cSecretary Hegseth has done an extraordinary job, the Department of War. We\u2019re in the middle of international conflicts right now, and we should not be playing games with national security.\u201d
Massie filed his resolution to impeach Hegseth as \u201cprivileged\u201d on Tuesday, meaning the House would need to act on it within two legislative days. That set up a vote no later than Thursday, but then GOP leaders scrapped votes that day, pushing the impeachment vote until after the election.
The House is slated to return to Washington on Nov. 9. Meanwhile, the Senate will remain in session for the next three weeks.
Johnson, who is fighting to preserve his razor-thin GOP majority, said he wanted his members to return home and get back on the campaign trail.
\u201cIt\u2019s time for our members to go home to their districts and make their case to the American people, to go and explain all the great things we\u2019ve done. You\u2019ve seen the record. You\u2019ve seen what we\u2019ve delivered … the largest middle- and working-class tax cut in U.S. history. We have the violent crime rate at a 126-year low,\u201d Johnson said.
It\u2019s \u201can extraordinary record of achievement,\u201d he added, \u201cand so I\u2019m excited for my Republican colleagues to go home and talk to the American people, work in their districts, and explain to them not only serving their constituents but explaining to them all the great things we\u2019ve done for them and all the things we\u2019re going to do in the days ahead.\u201d
Massie, who has served in Congress since 2012, has clashed repeatedly with House GOP leaders, President Donald Trump and Hegseth over the Iran war. The congressman voted for multiple Iran war powers resolutions to restrict Trump\u2019s military operations in Iran and Venezuela.
Last year, Trump and his political team recruited former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein to run against Massie in the GOP primary in Kentucky. In an unusual move, Hegseth campaigned for Gallrein<\/a> one day before the May primary election. Massie lost<\/a>.
On Tuesday, with no advance warning, Massie took to the House floor and began reading his impeachment resolution.
Hegseth \u201chas demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the Constitution, if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with his duties and the rule of law,\u201d Massie said.
Scott Wong is a senior congressional reporter for NBC News.
Kyle Stewart is a producer and off-air reporter covering Congress for NBC News, managing coverage of the House.
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