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The House voted to refer a resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to the House Judiciary Committee in a bipartisan rebuke of conservative House Freedom Caucus efforts.

The referral motion passed 342-72, averting a floor vote on whether to impeach Koskinen after outgoing House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan introduced a privileged resolution to impeach him Tuesday at 5.

Had the impeachment push succeeded, Koskinen would have been the first appointed executive-branch official to meet that fate in 140 years.

Jordan's resolution started a 48-hour clock for a full House vote on the measure. A vote was expected Thursday, but Democrats quickly moved to table the resolution, setting Tuesday's votes in motion.


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