We don't know if this impeachment effort will make its way to the Senate, or whether the House will vote to advance the measure later today. But if it does so before the new Congress is sworn in in January, there appears to be some Republican support for voting to convict Hegseth in the Senate. Outgoing Republican Thom Tillis of North Carolina told reporters that if the House votes to impeach Hegseth, he would vote to convict him and remove him from office. During Hegseth's confirmation hearing last year, Tillis provided an essential vote in support of the now defence secretary that he has since called the "biggest regret of my career". Outgoing Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican, also expressed some skepticism with Hegseth, telling reporters earlier today that she had some questions for the defence secretary. "I just want to make sure that the right information is flowing from the Pentagon to the president," she said. "Is he being truthful in the way the war is going? We saw Iowans absolutely reject the war in Iran and the cost that it's causing on American families," she added, referring to the midterm elections in which Democrats won the Senate seat and governorship in her state. Catch up on how the impeachment process works here.