Over the past year, a handful of members of Congress have taken one of the most serious steps a lawmaker can take against a sitting president: filing formal articles of impeachment against Donald Trump. But despite the headlines those filings generate, not a single one has advanced — and as of today, Trump has not been impeached.
What Has Actually Been Filed
In the 119th Congress, multiple impeachment resolutions have been introduced by individual members. Among them are H.Res.353 and H.Res.415, and in April 2026 Rep. John Larson (D-CT) filed his own articles of impeachment laying out a case for removal. Filing articles is something any House member can do on their own initiative. It is a formal accusation, entered into the congressional record, asserting that a president has committed conduct the filer considers impeachable.
Here is the crucial distinction that gets lost in viral posts: introducing articles of impeachment is not the same as the House of Representatives impeaching a president. For an impeachment to actually happen, the articles must move through the process — typically referred to committee, debated, and ultimately voted on by the full House. None of the resolutions filed against Trump in this Congress have cleared any of those hurdles.
Not one has advanced out of committee. Not one has reached a floor vote. Not one has passed. The practical status today is simple: Trump has not been impeached in 2026, and no impeachment resolution against him has passed the House.
Why Members File Anyway
So why do lawmakers file articles they know are unlikely to move? For some, it is about accountability and going on the record. Filing forces a public marker — a statement that, in the filer’s view, the president’s conduct warrants the constitutional remedy of impeachment. For others, critics argue, it is a political gesture aimed at energizing supporters, with little realistic chance of becoming reality in the current House.
Both readings can be true at once. The filings reflect genuine frustration among some members and the constituents they represent, even as the vote math in Congress makes passage a long shot. That tension — real conviction meeting political reality — is exactly what makes the question so charged.
The Debate Around the Filings
Supporters of the resolutions frame them as a necessary check — an insistence that no president is above scrutiny and that Congress has a duty to use the tools the Constitution provides. They argue that putting articles on the record matters even when passage is unlikely, because it documents objections that might otherwise be brushed aside.
Opponents counter that the resolutions are symbolic stunts destined to stall in committee. They warn that repeated filings risk numbing the public to the seriousness of impeachment, turning a rare constitutional remedy into a routine talking point. Both sides are watching to see whether any of the filings gain traction — and so far, none have.
What This Means for Americans
For everyday Americans, the takeaway is less about the fate of any single resolution and more about clarity. It is easy to see a headline that says “articles of impeachment filed” and assume the wheels are already turning toward removal. They are not. Understanding the difference between a filing and an impeachment is part of being an informed citizen — and it is exactly the kind of distinction that gets blurred in the rush of political news.
It also raises a genuine question worth sitting with, separate from the procedural reality. Setting aside whether it will happen, do you believe President Trump should be impeached? That is the question we are putting to our readers directly — not what a pundit says, not what a poll projects, but what you think.
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