11 Democrats missed vote, which failed 211-204 and effectively killed effort to oust Hegseth for now; Trump hails ‘exoneration of a Great American Patriot’House Republicans block effort to impeach HegsethSign up for the US Breaking News emailSome Democrats, out of the 11 who missed the key procedural vote on Tuesday to impeach Pete Hegseth, blamed a traffic jam in Washington DC for their inability to make it to the US Capitol in.