By CNN's Capitol Hill team, Maureen Chowdhury, Aditi Sangal and Elise Hammond
The Senate voted to end Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial on a party-line vote of 51-49.
How we got here: House Republicans voted to impeach Mayorkas in February over his handling of the southern border by a narrow margin after failing on the first try. He became the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years.
From CNN's Ted Barrett
The Senate voted to kill the second and final article of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Lawmakers voted 51 to 49 on party lines. The chamber voted to kill the first article of impeachment earlier today.
This post was updated with a graphic on how every senator voted.
From CNN's Ted Barrett
The Senate is voting now on a motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to kill the second article of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
From CNN's Ted Barrett
The Senate is now voting on a motion to table or kill an earlier point of order proposed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that would kill the second article of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas.
The move to get rid of Schumer's motion was proposed by GOP Sen. John Thune.
Before this, a motion to go into executive session failed. The motion was proposed by GOP Sen. John Kennedy and failed on a party-line vote 49-51
From CNN's Priscilla Alvarez
Department of Homeland Security lawyers are not present on the Senate floor as the vote over the impeachment articles against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas unfolds, according to a source familiar.
It’s not unusual for the department attorneys to be absent at this stage of the process. They would have to be invited if a trial is held, according to Senate procedure.
From CNN's Ted Barrett
Two more efforts for the Senate to adjourn have failed.
Republican Sen. John Kennedy proposed a motion to adjourn until May 1, which did not succeed on a party-line 49-51 vote.
The Senate also voted against another motion to adjourn until November 6. GOP Sen. Roger Marshall argued it would have allowed the American people can have a vote on this issue.
From CNN's Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer
A vote to adjourn until April 30 failed with senators voting along party lines, 49-51. The motion was made by GOP Sen. Rick Scott.
Republican Sen. John Kennedy has made a new motion to adjourn until May 1, 2024. Lawmakers are voting on that now.
Kennedy accidentally asked to adjourn until May 1, 2004, to laughs from the chamber. Realizing his mistake, he corrected the date to 2024, though he said 2004 was "probably preferable."
This post has been updated with additional details from inside the chamber.
From CNN's Morgan Rimmer
The mood on the Democrats' side of the Senate chamber is much more jovial now that the first article of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas has been ruled unconstitutional. It has given lawmakers a sense of how quickly this process can move.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren appears to be reading a magazine or newsletter.
Sen. Joe Manchin ran by to get to his seat for his name to be called, then ran back to the cloakroom and gave Sen. Ed Markey a massage on the way.
From CNN's Annie Grayer
The House transmitted the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the southern border to the Senate on Tuesday.
Moments ago, the Senate voted to kill the first one.
Democrats have slammed the impeachment as a political stunt, saying Republicans had no valid basis for the move and that policy disagreements are not a justification for the rarely used constitutional impeachment of a Cabinet official.
These are the articles:
