The US House of Representatives voted against a motion to initiate impeachment proceedings on Democratic Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday. Although Republicans have a slim majority in the House of Representatives, they were unable to push through their proposal. The result was close, with 214 votes in favour and 216 against. The Republican chairman of the chamber, Mike Johnson, had previously expressed optimism that the motion would pass. Immediately after the vote, Johnson’s spokesman announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he would bring the motion for impeac…