Congressman Massie demands a roll-call vote on eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth

Massie seeks separate votes on all articles

Outgoing Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie announced on Tuesday that if the House of Representatives rejects the procedural motion aimed at removing his resolution from the agenda, he will demand separate floor votes on each of the eight articles of impeachment against US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Anadolu reports this.

The substance of the charges

The resolution was introduced on Monday and accuses the Pentagon chief of eight groups of misconduct constituting grounds for impeachment. Among the points: sustaining the conflict with Iran without congressional approval in violation of the war powers resolution, disregarding the protection of civilians, unauthorized strikes and operations in the Caribbean, Yemen and Venezuela, as well as the persecution of Senator Mark Kelly for protected speech.

Motivation behind the initiative and Hegseth's reaction

Massie explained his separate-vote tactic by saying that a number of colleagues, in his words, support only some of the articles but not all: “I have heard from several members [of the House] that they agree with some of the articles of impeachment but not all of them,” he wrote on X. Hegseth himself called Massie a “bitter and losing congressman” who is using his final days in Congress for a “political show” driven by “ego and resentment.”

What happens next

First, the House will consider a procedural motion to refer the resolution to committee — a tactical move that allows the initiative to be postponed until formal debates and votes on the specific articles. If that motion is rejected, separate votes will follow on each of the eight articles. It remains unknown how the procedural vote will end and whether any of the articles will win majority support.