A resolution carrying 13 articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump has been sitting in the House Judiciary Committee since April 6, 2026. It has never received a floor vote. It is not the first such resolution filed in this Congress, and like every one before it, it has gone nowhere.
What H.Res.1155 Actually Says
Rep. John Larson, a Connecticut Democrat, introduced H.Res.1155 on April 6, 2026. Its 13 articles were drafted by consumer advocate Ralph Nader and constitutional attorney Bruce Fein, and they group roughly into four areas: the use of war powers, the militarization of domestic law enforcement, detention and deportation practices, and retaliation against protected speech.
The resolution was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. As of August 20, 2026, it has not been scheduled for action there, and there has been no floor vote on impeachment at any point in 2026.
Every Prior Attempt Was Tabled, Not Defeated
Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat, has forced the issue repeatedly during the 119th Congress, introducing H.Res.353, H.Res.415, H.Res.537 and H.Res.939. Not one of them ever reached a vote on the merits. Every single one was tabled.
That distinction matters more than most coverage admits. A motion to table is a procedural move that sets a measure aside and kills it without any debate or vote on whether the underlying accusations are true. It is not a verdict. No chamber of Congress has ever ruled on the substance of these particular charges, because no chamber has ever been asked to.
In June 2025, the House voted 344-79 to table Green’s privileged impeachment resolution over the U.S. strikes on Iran. On December 11, 2025, it tabled H.Res.939 by 237-140. The 140 votes against tabling were a marked increase over June, but Democrats were split among themselves: 47 voted present, 23 voted with Republicans to table it, and party leadership voted present rather than backing the measure.
The Math Most People Skip: Impeachment Is Not Removal
These are two separate steps, and conflating them is the single most common error in this debate. Impeachment happens in the House and requires only a simple majority. Republicans currently control the House 218-212, with one independent and four vacancies.
Removal is a different matter entirely. It requires conviction by two-thirds of the Senate – 67 votes. Republicans hold the Senate 53-47. That arithmetic means conviction would require at least 20 Republican senators to vote against the president of their own party. No bloc of that size has emerged.
What the Polling Does and Does Not Show
Public polling on impeachment specifically has been thin, and what exists comes largely from advocacy-adjacent firms rather than the major national pollsters. Strength In Numbers/Verasight found 55% supported the House voting to impeach in its April 10-14, 2026 survey, with 37% opposed and 8% unsure. In its June 17-22 survey, 53% said grounds for impeachment exist while 39% said they do not.
Lake Research Partners, surveying 800 likely voters March 26-30, 2026 on behalf of Free Speech For People – a group that openly advocates for impeachment – found 52% in support and 40% opposed. Those numbers should be read with the sponsor in mind. No impeachment-specific poll from Gallup, Pew, Marist, Quinnipiac or AP-NORC has been released in July or August 2026.
Separately, Gallup’s August 1-20, 2026 tracking put Trump’s job approval at 40%. That is a different question. Approval measures how someone rates a president’s performance; it is not a measure of whether they want him impeached, and treating one as a stand-in for the other produces bad conclusions.
What This Means for Americans
Impeachment is a political process, not a criminal trial, and it moves only when the people holding the votes decide it should. Right now those votes sit with a House majority that has tabled every attempt without debate, and a Senate where removal would need 20 Republicans to break ranks. Whatever you believe should happen here, that is the machinery standing between a filed resolution and any actual consequence – and the people operating it are the ones voters send to Washington.
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