The push to remove President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance from office is no longer fringe — it’s a steady, structured campaign building in the House of Representatives, with multiple resolutions in play and dozens of Democratic co-sponsors attached.
The Active Resolutions
The most visible effort has been led by Rep. Al Green of Texas, who has repeatedly forced impeachment votes during Trump’s second term. In December 2025, 140 House Democrats voted to advance Green’s articles — meaning they voted against tabling them — making it the largest such vote of the term. The articles were ultimately tabled by the Republican majority, but the 140-member showing put a clear marker down.
Rep. John Larson of Connecticut has filed a separate, wide-ranging resolution containing 13 articles of impeachment against Trump. Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan filed his own version earlier in the year with seven articles. Each resolution covers different allegations — ranging from claims of abuse of executive power and unconstitutional spending decisions to specific policy actions that critics say cross legal lines.
The Vance Angle
Vice President JD Vance has become a target of a different removal mechanism: the 25th Amendment. Several House Democrats have introduced legislation that would create a commission empowered to evaluate the president’s capacity to serve — a process that, under the Constitution, would also require the vice president’s sign-off. Critics of the proposal note the practical irony: Vance, a Trump loyalist, would have to participate in any 25th Amendment removal of the president, making the path effectively closed.
That hasn’t stopped Democrats from pushing it. Supporters argue that even symbolic legislation establishes a public record and forces members of Congress to take positions on the record. Critics call it political theater.
The Political Reality
Impeachment requires a simple majority in the House to bring charges, and a two-thirds vote in the Senate to convict and remove. Republicans currently control both chambers. Under those numbers, no impeachment of Trump or Vance has any realistic path to actual removal.
So why keep filing the resolutions? Democratic strategists argue that public-record votes matter — they force individual members to either go on the record opposing impeachment or to align with it. Republican leaders counter that the repeated filings are messaging, not governance, and that they distract from substantive policy work.
Where Public Sentiment Sits
Polling on impeachment during a president’s second term tends to be sharply divided along partisan lines. Recent national surveys show a meaningful share of voters — concentrated among Democrats and independents — supporting impeachment proceedings, while the majority of Republican voters oppose them. The specific share supporting removal varies widely depending on the question wording and the news cycle, but support has generally remained well below the 67-vote Senate threshold required for conviction.
The Bigger Question
Symbolic or not, the volume of impeachment activity has made the question unavoidable. Multiple resolutions, dozens of co-sponsors, and a related 25th Amendment push add up to a sustained, organized political effort — one that isn’t going away regardless of whether the votes exist to make removal a reality.
Should Congress remove Trump and Vance from office?