Senate Democrats quickly dashed House Republicans’ effort to force the upper chamber to put impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on trial.

The Senate voted Wednesday the first article of impeachment against Mayorkas is unconstitutional, effectively dismissing it, at the request of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

The vote was 51-48-1, with all Democrats voting in favor of quickly killing off the first charge against Mayorkas. All Republicans voted no, except Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who voted “present.”

Schumer is expected to make a similar effort to dispose of the second and final article of impeachment against Mayorkas, President Joe Biden’s top border official.

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The early vote suggests the impeachment trial is poised to be over just as quickly as it gaveled in officially Wednesday afternoon, a break from history when the House impeachment managers would present evidence to senators sitting as jurors.

House lawmakers walked the articles of impeachment to the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, more than two months since the House impeached Mayorkas for refusing to enforce the law and a breach of public trust for his actions throughout the border crisis.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) read the entirety of the articles before the Senate Tuesday. Green’s committee held a lengthy investigation throughout 2023 that examined if Mayorkas was derelict of duty. More than 9 million illegal immigrants have been encountered at the southern border under Mayorkas, who was tapped by President Joe Biden for the job in January 2021.