House Tabulates Al Green's Trump Impeachment Resolution as 64 Democrats Side With Republicans

The House voted Tuesday to table an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump, delivering a decisive win for the White House and exposing a widening split inside the Democratic caucus. The 232-147 vote killed Rep. Al Green's effort to force the chamber to confront articles of impeachment tied to federal immigration enforcement, a fight Democratic leaders had spent weeks trying to avoid.

Sixty-four Democrats ended up on the side of refusing to move forward. Eighteen voted with Republicans to table the resolution, and 46 more voted "present." Nearly 150 Democrats voted to proceed, a reminder of how much anti-Trump energy still sits inside the caucus even as its leaders steer toward the November midterms.

Green, a Texas Democrat who has repeatedly forced the chamber to take up impeachment of Trump, framed the vote as a matter of constitutional duty. Many of his colleagues framed it as a distraction.

Democratic Leaders Sit It Out

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his top deputies voted "present," a posture that let Republicans table the resolution without Democratic leadership having to defend Trump or defy its base. That choice drew sharp criticism from Green, who argued that waiting for a fuller investigation is not what the Constitution contemplates.

"They will acknowledge that what the president is doing is impeachable, but they would have us wait," Green said. "Well, the Constitution doesn't have a wait clause in it."

Jeffries defended the decision in a statement, saying impeachment "traditionally requires a comprehensive investigative process," including document review, witness examinations, congressional hearings and sustained public organizing to build a broad national consensus. He said none of that groundwork has been done.

The numbers tell the story of a party walking a tightrope. With control of the House on the line in November, Democrats are trying to show moderate and independent voters they are focused on the cost of living rather than political revenge, while their most engaged supporters demand open confrontation with the administration.

What the Resolution Alleges

The measure, filed as H.Res. 1486, accused Trump of abusing the powers of the presidency by operating U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as "vicious, quota-driven, unaccountable paramilitary police forces." It named Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, and alleged the administration committed and covered up unjustified killings of civilians.

The White House rejected the framing outright. Spokeswoman Lauren Bis called the effort "garbage" and said the men and women of ICE and CBP put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, gang members and terrorists, pointing to the largest decrease in violent crime in American history.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson called the allegations "unequivocally FALSE" and said the rhetoric is contributing to coordinated campaigns of violence against federal officers, citing a more than 1,300 percent increase in assaults on officers, a 3,300 percent increase in vehicle attacks and an 8,000 percent increase in death threats. The spokesperson said officers are trained to use the minimum force necessary and receive ongoing de-escalation and use-of-force training.

A Familiar Vote, A Different Room

The outcome echoes a near-identical effort from June 2025, when 128 Democrats joined Republicans to table one of Green's earlier resolutions. This time the defection was more complete among leaders, and the resolution itself was narrower, built around immigration enforcement rather than a broad list of grievances.

It also landed in the same week the House absorbed a separate impeachment fight, after Rep. Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the Iran war and related military operations. Two impeachment drives in one week gave Republicans an easy contrast to draw: a Democratic Party consumed by process fights while the administration presses ahead on its agenda.

The personal stakes for Green are unusually high. He lost his primary earlier this year amid a broader revolt by left-wing voters against establishment Democrats, and he is leaving Congress at the end of this term. Tuesday's vote may be his last chance to force the House to record its position on removing Trump.

What Happens Next

Republicans get the cleanest possible outcome: the resolution is gone, no impeachment articles were adopted, and the Democratic caucus is on record as divided. The vote also gives GOP candidates fresh material heading into the fall, pairing the episode with the crime drop and enforcement numbers the administration has been promoting.

For Democrats, the practical question is whether the split hardens. Leadership has not ruled out impeachment proceedings if the party wins the House in November, and progressive activists are unlikely to forget which members voted to table. The 46 "present" votes in particular give both wings of the party room to argue about what happened.

Watch whether Green's allies push for another bite at the apple before the term ends, and whether any of the 18 Democrats who voted with Republicans face primary backlash. For now, the White House has what it wanted: the effort tabled, the majority intact, and the focus back on the agenda.