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House blocks another impeachment push against Donald Trump with support from Democrats
The measure brought by Al Green was set aside in a 232-147 vote. The move exposed divisions among House Democrats, with party leaders choosing to vote present.
The U.S. House of Representatives moved Tuesday to dispose of another effort to impeach Donald Trump, with dozens of Democrats helping Republicans shut it down, according to Fox News Politics.
The resolution was forced to the floor by Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, who tied the effort to the deaths of two U.S. citizens earlier this year in an episode he blamed on federal immigration officials. Rather than voting on impeachment itself, the House approved a motion to table the measure by 232 votes to 147.
Fox News Politics reported that 18 Democrats joined Republicans in tabling the resolution, while 46 voted present. Nearly 150 lawmakers backed moving ahead with a vote on impeachment.
The episode highlighted internal strains among House Democrats. While part of the party wants a sharper confrontation with Trump, party leadership has largely steered away from making impeachment a central message as Democrats focus on trying to win back Congress in the November midterms.
In that context, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other top Democratic leaders voted present. In a statement cited by Fox News Politics, Jeffries argued that impeachment traditionally requires a broad investigative process, including document review, close examination of the facts, witnesses, hearings and the building of a wide national consensus, and said that work had not been done.
Fox News Politics also said senior Democratic leaders argued that the Republican majority was focused on advancing Trump’s agenda and said they would again vote present while keeping their focus on affordability issues and pursuing accountability with the tools available to them.
Green, however, criticized Democrats who declined to support his effort. According to Fox News Politics, he argued that the Constitution does not include a waiting period for conduct he sees as impeachable and warned that voting to table the case or send it to committee would ultimately shield the president.
Fox News Politics noted that Green had already forced a similar vote in June 2025, when 128 Democrats joined Republicans in tabling that earlier resolution. The outlet added that this may have been one of his last chances to stage that kind of protest in Congress, as he was among Democratic incumbents who lost their primaries.
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