Full List of Democrats Who Missed Hegseth Impeachment Vote

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Haley Stevens of Michigan and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico missed Tuesday's vote.

A motion to refer Republican Representative Thomas Massie’s eight articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth failed by a 211-204 vote Tuesday, meaning the effort will not advance to the Senate for consideration.

Eleven Democrats did not cast votes Tuesday, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Haley Stevens of Michigan and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico. Democratic absences proved larger than the final margin, though seven Republicans also did not vote.

California Democrat Sydney Kamlager-Dove told reporters after the vote that she was disappointed that low turnout impacted the vote.

"People should have gotten their raggedy selves up these steps to vote. There is no reason why we should have lost this vote because of attendance issues," she said, criticizing Hegseth for spending $100 million to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury from New Mexico took to X to explain her absence.

"Like other Members of Congress, Rep. Stansbury was blocked from entering the Capitol to vote due a traffic incident and a police escort of a bus during the vote. When she reached the chamber the vote had just gaveled out. She immediately filed a report of her vote of “NO” to the motion meant to kill the impeachment articles and refer them to the Judiciary Committee, as documented in the Congressional Record," the statement on X reads.

Massie brought eight impeachment articles against Hegseth, three of which allege Hegseth violated the 1973 War Powers Resolution, an act that limits the White House's power to use the U.S. military in foreign wars without congressional approval.

Massie also alleges Hegseth disregarded laws that keep civilian casualties to a minimum, suppressing free speech and of ordering "extrajudicial killings" through U.S. attacks on alleged drug boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. At least 240 people have been killed in these strikes since September 2025.

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