TEHRAN — The U.S. House of Representatives was scheduled to vote Tuesday evening on whether to advance the impeachment of “War” Secretary Pete Hegseth, after Republican Rep. Thomas Massie used a privileged resolution to force the issue onto the floor on Congress’s first day back from the midterm elections. A procedural vote to table the measure is expected first.
Massie, a Kentucky Republican who lost his primary and leaves office at the end of the year, read eight articles of impeachment from the House floor Monday.
The 34-page resolution accuses Hegseth of launching and sustaining an unauthorized war against Iran, dismantling civilian-protection safeguards, overseeing lethal maritime operations, retaliating against a senator, and directing the seizure of Venezuela’s president.
Because the measure was introduced as privileged business, House leaders had two legislative days to schedule action.
Speaker Mike Johnson had previously sent lawmakers home early in September rather than allow an earlier version of the resolution to reach the floor.
Massie did not frame the case as a dispute over competence. “We’re not indicting him for being bad at his job,” he told reporters. “In fact, he was very effective at killing schoolchildren in Iran.” He said the articles allege that Hegseth has “broken laws” and “violated the Constitution.”
Three articles center on the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
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