US House rejects impeachment of Interior Secretary - last minute. If 'yes' had prevailed, it would have been the first American minister impeached in nearly 150 years, since Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876.

The impeachment nom passed by very few votes, 216 against2014. Reproduction reserved. © Copyright ANSA 2014. All rights reserved. The US House has rejected the impeachment against the Secretary of the Interior, Alejandro Mayorkas, accused by Republicans of having refused to respect the law.