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By Sam Stevenson
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi missed a key vote on articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after leaving Washington, D.C., to attend a veterans event in San Francisco.
The House voted 211-204 on Tuesday to refer eight articles of impeachment introduced by Republican Representative Thomas Massie to the House Judiciary Committee, effectively halting the effort.
Eleven Democrats, including Pelosi, were recorded as not voting. Eight additional votes against the motion would have been enough to defeat it.
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Unlike several Democratic lawmakers who said traffic prevented them from reaching the chamber, Pelosi left the Capitol before the vote to attend Swords to Plowshares’ 30th Annual Veterans Day Celebration.
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The organization was presenting her with its Lifetime Advocate for Veterans Award at the Julia Morgan Ballroom.
“Speaker Emerita Pelosi returned to San Francisco to join and honor local veterans at Swords to Plowshares’ 30th Annual Veterans Day Celebration tonight, an important and longstanding district tradition she regularly attends and will mark for the last time as a Member of Congress by receiving the Lifetime Advocate for Veterans Award,” spokesperson Ian Krager said.
Krager said Pelosi supported impeaching Hegseth and would have voted against referring the articles to committee.
The absence was notable because the former speaker had previously called for Hegseth to leave office.
This is a developing story. More to follow.
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