House Judiciary Committee Votes Down Calling up Whistleblower in Impeachment Hearing

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., passes a resolution to subpoena special counsel Robert Mueller's full report, on Capitol Hill in Wash., on April 3, 2019. J. Scott Applewhite/Photo via AP

The House Judiciary Committee voted down calling up the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment inquiry along party lines.

Twenty-four Democrats on the panel voted in favor and 17 Republicans voted against a motion to table calling up the anonymous person, effectively killing the move. Republicans on the committee proposed a vote to call the whistleblower.