Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, a striking pattern has taken shape in the House of Representatives: member after member has introduced formal resolutions to impeach him. The paper trail now runs longer than most Americans realize. Yet not one of these measures has passed, and the House has repeatedly tabled or blocked votes on them. That gap between the filings and the outcomes has become one of the defining tensions of the 119th Congress.
A Growing Stack of Resolutions
The first push came early. In April 2025, Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois introduced H.Res.353, an impeachment resolution targeting the president. It set the template for what would follow: a formal filing that put the question on the record, even without the votes to move it forward.
Rep. Al Green of Texas, long one of the most persistent voices for impeachment in the House, followed with his own measures — H.Res.415 and later H.Res.939. Another resolution, H.Res.537, was added to the pile as the year went on. Then in April 2026, Rep. John Larson of Connecticut filed a fresh set of impeachment articles of his own, keeping the effort alive into a new year.
Taken together, that is at least five separate impeachment efforts from Democratic members across roughly a year — an unusual volume of filings against a sitting president, and a sign of how deeply the divisions in Washington run.
Filed, But Never Passed
Here is the crucial distinction: introducing a resolution is not the same as passing one. A House member can file articles of impeachment at any time, but forcing a vote — and winning it — is a far steeper climb. None of these resolutions has cleared the House.
The clearest example came in December 2025, when Al Green forced one of his resolutions to the floor. Rather than debate it on the merits, the House voted to table the measure — effectively killing it for the moment. Notably, Democratic leaders themselves voted “present” rather than lining up behind it, a signal that even within his own party there was no appetite for a floor fight that was destined to fail in a chamber where the votes simply were not there.
The other measures met quieter fates. Some were referred to committee and never advanced. Others were blocked or buried before they could reach a vote. The result is the same across the board: the resolutions exist on paper, but the votes to act on them do not.
Why the Math Works Against It
Impeachment is a two-step constitutional process. The House impeaches by a simple majority, and the Senate then holds a trial, where a two-thirds vote is required to convict and remove. Even if a resolution somehow cleared the House, conviction in the Senate would require a level of bipartisan agreement that has not existed in modern American politics.
That reality shapes the strategy on both sides. For the members filing these resolutions, the act of introducing them is partly about accountability and putting a marker down — forcing the issue into the public record even when passage is out of reach. For leadership, the calculation is about not spending political capital on votes that cannot succeed.
What This Means for Americans
For voters, the story is a window into how Washington actually works — and where the limits of a single chamber lie. The repeated filings show that a real bloc of lawmakers believes the president’s conduct warrants the most serious remedy the Constitution offers. The repeated failures show just how high that bar sits, and how much it depends on votes that currently are not there.
It also leaves the underlying question unresolved and squarely in the public’s hands. The resolutions have been filed. The votes have not followed. Whether that should change is, ultimately, a question voters and their representatives will keep wrestling with.
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