At least five separate impeachment resolutions have been filed against President Donald Trump in the current 119th Congress, according to records available on Congress.gov. It is a striking number that has flown largely under the radar — and one that says as much about the mood among a bloc of House Democrats as it does about the actual odds of removal.
The resolutions on the record are H.Res.353, H.Res.415, H.Res.537, H.Res.939, and H.Res.1155. Representative Al Green of Texas is behind two of them, H.Res.537 and H.Res.939. Representative John Larson of Connecticut introduced H.Res.1155, a sweeping resolution that lays out a full 13 articles of impeachment. Five is a safe floor; the true count of removal-related measures may be higher.
Filed Is Not the Same as Advancing
Here is the part a lot of viral posts get wrong, and it matters: these are introduced resolutions only. Not one of them has passed the House. Not one has received a floor vote. Not one has gone anywhere near a Senate trial. Introducing a resolution is something any member can do — it enters the measure into the record and refers it to committee, but it does not force any further action.
And under the current balance of power, further action is not coming. Republicans control the House of Representatives, which means they control the floor schedule and the committees. A resolution to impeach the president is not going to be brought up for a vote by the very majority that supports him. So while five resolutions exist on paper, none is moving forward.
Why File at All?
If these measures have no path to passage, why introduce them? For the members filing them, the answer is the record itself. An impeachment resolution is a formal statement of accountability, entered into the Congressional record, that outlasts the current session. Larson’s 13-article resolution in particular reads as an attempt to catalog a full case rather than to win an immediate vote.
Supporters argue this is exactly what congressional oversight is supposed to look like — that lawmakers who believe the president has committed impeachable conduct have a duty to say so on the record, regardless of the math. Critics counter that filing resolutions with no chance of passage is a political gesture, a way to signal to the base without any real legislative consequence.
What It Means
For ordinary Americans trying to make sense of the headlines, the practical takeaway is simple. Trump has not been impeached in this Congress. Impeachment is not “moving forward” in any procedural sense. What has happened is that five formal resolutions have been introduced and are sitting where such measures sit in a chamber controlled by the other party — on the record, but stalled.
That distinction is worth holding onto, because it is precisely the detail that gets blurred as these numbers travel across social media. Five filed resolutions is a real, verifiable fact. It is also a long way from removal.
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