 for the House Appropriations Bill funding the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2025 that would block funds in the bill from being used to pay Mayorkas. Just one Republican voted against the measure, which passed 193 to 173. Capitol Hill correspondent Bernie Bennett says Republicans blame Mayorkas for overseeing a surge of millions of illegal aliens into the country in the past three and a half years, and of repeatedly lying to Congress and the American people for years by claiming that the border is secure.