Democrats frustrated by absences in failed Hegseth impeachment vote

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From left: Nancy Pelosi, Steven Horsford and Haley Stevens missed the vote on Tuesday evening.Composite: Getty Images, Bloomberg Democratic lawmakers expressed outrage at nearly a dozen of their colleagues for missing a vote Tuesday evening to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, allowing Republicans to defeat the effort. Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes. Some blamed traffic and conflicting events and others accused Speaker Mike Johnson of closing the vote early. Many of those not in the Capitol said they…