Which House of Representatives impeachment votes occurred in 2025 and what were the outcomes?
This fact-check may be outdated. Consider refreshing it to get the most current information.
Executive summary
In 2025 the House held at least one high-profile impeachment-related floor vote: a motion to table Rep. Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Donald J. Trump (H.Res.537) was approved 344–79 on June 24, 2025, effectively killing that impeachment effort at the time [1] [2]. The vote reflected bipartisan alignment against advancing Green’s single‑article resolution accusing the President of abusing war powers after strikes on Iran, with about 128 Democrats joining Republicans to set the measure aside and leadership voting “present” [3] [4].
1. What happened on the floor: a bipartisan rebuke
On June 24, 2025 the House considered H.Res.537 — Rep. Al Green’s article alleging President Trump abused his war powers — but the immediate procedural question was a Republican motion to table (i.e., kill) that measure; the motion passed 344 to 79, with no “present” votes recorded on the official roll call summary [1] [5]. Multiple outlets reported that a large bloc of House Democrats voted to table the resolution alongside Republicans, producing a bipartisan defeat of the impeachment push [3] [4].
2. What the resolution claimed and why Green forced a vote
Green’s five-page article accused the President of undertaking unilateral military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities without congressional authorization, framing the action as an “abuse of power” that undermined separation of powers and democratic norms; Congress.gov hosts the resolution text and summary [6] [2]. Green used a privileged motion to force the House into a vote — a parliamentary tool available to members — thereby ensuring the issue reached the floor even without leadership backing [3] [7].
3. Why many Democrats declined to advance impeachment
House Democratic leaders argued that impeachment requires broader investigation and congressional oversight hearings and chose a posture meant to preserve procedural norms; key leaders — including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other top Democrats — announced they would vote “present” on the motion to table, a move characterized in coverage as an effort to avoid giving Green a simple majority win to proceed [3]. Reporting shows roughly 128 Democrats voted to table the resolution while 79 voted to proceed, indicating intra‑party disagreement over strategy and standards for impeachment [3] [4].
4. Political implications: message vs. mechanics
The June vote sent two messages simultaneously: a strong symbolic rebuke of Green’s tactic and a practical blockage of that specific impeachment article. Outlets described the outcome as a bipartisan decision to “kill” the effort rather than a definitive judgment on the underlying merits of the allegations [3] [8]. Several Democrats who opposed proceeding reiterated their personal opposition to President Trump while insisting the particular measure did not meet their threshold for impeachment or lacked the needed deliberative process [4] [9].
5. What this does — and does not — resolve
The tabled vote stopped H.Res.537 from advancing to an impeachment inquiry or a full House impeachment vote at that time; Congress.gov lists H.Res.537 as an impeachment resolution but the floor action terminated that immediate effort [2] [6]. Available sources do not mention other separate House impeachment votes in 2025 beyond the June 24 Green resolution action — if you’re asking about additional impeachment roll calls that year, not found in current reporting.
6. Competing narratives and hidden incentives
Progressive critics framed Green’s move as a necessary use of constitutional remedy in response to an alleged unlawful use of force; conservative and many centrist Democrats portrayed the effort as politically premature or procedurally flawed [6] [3]. House leaders’ insistence on process can be read as both a genuine institutional concern and a political calculation to avoid splintering the party or giving Republicans a messaging advantage ahead of other contests [3] [9].
7. Bottom line for readers
The only clearly documented impeachment-floor outcome in 2025 from available reporting is the House’s 344–79 vote on June 24 to table Al Green’s articles against President Trump, a bipartisan action that halted that specific attempt to begin an impeachment inquiry [1] [5]. Sources explicitly describe the vote as bipartisan and note sizable Democratic participation in killing the measure, while also cataloguing the competing views inside the Democratic caucus about process, standards and political risk [3] [4].