A bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives voted to block a resolution by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) seeking to impeach President Donald Trump, with 128 Democrats joining all Republicans in a 344–79 vote to table the measure.
The move to table — a procedural step that effectively kills the proposal without a direct vote on its substance — underscores how little support Green’s effort garnered, even within his own party.
Green, a vocal Trump critic, introduced the resolution in response to Trump’s recent airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, calling the action an unauthorized act of war. “President Trump’s unauthorized bombing of Iran constitutes a de facto declaration of war,” Green said in a statement. “No president has the right to drag this nation into war without the authorization of the people’s representatives.”
This latest impeachment attempt follows Green’s removal from Trump’s March joint address to Congress, after he repeatedly interrupted the president during the speech. While 78 Democrats joined Green in supporting the effort, the overwhelming majority of House Democrats — including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) — voted to shut it down.
Progressives such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) had backed Green’s resolution, criticizing the administration’s military escalation in the Middle East. However, the vote highlighted a growing divide within the Democratic caucus over how aggressively to confront Trump’s foreign policy moves.
President Trump responded to the vote on Truth Social, mocking the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and taking a swipe at Ocasio-Cortez:
“She better start worrying about her own Primary before she thinks about beating our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer… Go ahead and try impeaching me — you’re hitting record-low poll numbers in Congress,” Trump wrote.
The vote placed Democratic leadership in a challenging position. At a press conference, Jeffries sidestepped questions about whether House Democrats were seriously considering impeachment, emphasizing instead the need for oversight.
“We’re in a dangerous moment,” Jeffries said. “The administration must come before Congress and explain the rationale for these strikes. That’s the first step. They’ve yet to justify this extraordinary use of military force.”
The failed resolution marks the latest episode in a widening internal debate among Democrats over how to respond to Trump’s foreign policy, as well as growing calls from progressives for accountability through impeachment.Tools
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