Did the House pass (218 for, 217 against) articles of impeachment

1. What "passage" of articles of impeachment legally requires

Under House practice and constitutional precedent, adopting articles of impeachment is a simple-majority action of the full House after an impeachment resolution is considered; the House can control debate and bring the question to an immediate vote under its rules, and passage requires a majority vote ^{[4] [5]}. That majority threshold can vary in practical terms if vacancies change the number needed for a majority, a point noted in background materials explaining that at times the current threshold can be 217 due to vacancies ^[6].

2. The concrete procedural record available in the sources

The Office of the Clerk entry cited in these sources records a vote question labeled "On Motion to Table, Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States for high crimes and misdemeanors" with the status marked "Passed" ^[1]. A "motion to table" vote typically disposes of the measure by setting it aside rather than adopting the underlying resolution; the clerk record thus confirms a procedural action occurred but does not, in the supplied excerpt, equate to adoption of articles of impeachment on a 218–217 tally ^{[1] [4]}.

3. Multiple impeachment resolutions exist in the record but roll-call specifics are not provided here

Congress.gov listings show multiple House resolutions to impeach—H.Res.537 (a single-article resolution concerning abuse of powers) and H.Res.353 (a seven-article resolution) are both on the congressional docket ^{[2] [3]}. The presence of those resolutions in the legislative database demonstrates active impeachment efforts, but the sources provided do not include a roll-call entry showing an exact 218–217 final passage for either measure ^{[2] [3]}.

4. Advocacy and secondary reports cite other votes but do not establish the 218–217 fact

An advocacy group page discusses members who voted to advance articles and points to roll-call resources, describing how to interpret tabling votes, but its summary does not itself establish a 218–217 final House adoption and appears to frame the tabling motion context rather than report a final passage by that precise margin ^[7]. Historical and procedural primers explain the House's power to impeach and how articles function like indictments, but they do not provide a contemporaneous vote total of 218–217 for a completed impeachment ^{[8] [9]}.

5. What can and cannot be concluded from this compilation of sources

The verifiable facts in these materials are: the House has multiple impeachment resolutions on file ^{[2] [3]}, the clerk recorded a passed vote on a motion to table an impeachment question ^[1], and House impeachment requires a majority for adoption ^{[4] [5]}. What the present sources do not supply is a roll-call showing the House adopted articles of impeachment by a 218–217 vote; therefore the specific numeric claim cannot be confirmed from the provided reporting ^{[1] [2]}.

6. Alternative reading and the need for a direct roll‑call citation

An alternative interpretation—consistent with the entries here—is that the House conducted procedural votes that affected the status of impeachment resolutions (for example, tabling motions) and that multiple impeachment measures have been introduced and debated, but a final adoption by 218–217 would be recorded in the House clerk roll-call for the specific resolution and is not contained in the pieces provided ^{[1] [2]}. To definitively confirm a 218–217 passage requires the explicit roll-call record for the specific impeachment resolution; that record is not present among the cited sources.