House res 353
Executive summary
H.Res. 353 is a privileged House resolution introduced in the 119th Congress that formally impeaches President Donald J. Trump and lays out seven articles of impeachment; it was introduced on April 28, 2025 and is in the early stages of the legislative process, having been referred to the House Judiciary Committee after a notification of intent on May 13, 2025 [1] [2] [3]. The seven articles allege a range of constitutional violations — from obstruction of justice to bribery and “tyranny” — and the resolution’s sponsorship and tracking describe it as a partisan Democratic measure with minimal cosponsorship so far [4] [5] [6].
1. What H.Res. 353 actually says and who filed it
The text of H.Res. 353, as posted in legislative tracking and bill-text repositories, explicitly titles itself “Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors” and enumerates seven articles charging obstruction of justice and due-process violations; usurpation of Congress’s appropriations power; abuse of trade powers and international aggression; violation of First Amendment rights; creation of an unlawful office; bribery and corruption; and tyranny [4] [1] [7]. The resolution was introduced in the House on April 28, 2025 and the sponsor publicly notified the chamber of intent to offer the privileged resolution on May 13, 2025, a procedural step recorded in multiple trackers [1] [3] [8].
2. Where H.Res. 353 sits in Congress and the immediate procedural posture
Public tracking services state the resolution is in the first stage of the legislative process—introduced and typically considered by committee next—and that it has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary, consistent with normal practice for impeachment resolutions [2] [8]. Multiple bill trackers and the official Congress.gov summary capture identical status notes and procedural entries, underscoring that the measure has not yet advanced beyond the initial notification and referral steps as of the records provided [4] [6].
3. Partisan framing, sponsorship, and political context
Legislative metadata flags H.Res. 353 as a partisan bill sponsored by a Democrat and lists only a single cosponsor at the time of tracking, signaling limited immediate intra-House support outside the sponsor’s circle [6] [5]. Public trackers such as BillTrack50 and PolicyEngage replicate the bill’s title and article summaries and note the same notification-of-intent procedural move, framing the resolution in partisan terms and reflecting the broader political context in which impeachment measures are typically introduced [7] [3]. Those sources record the file history but do not evaluate evidentiary sufficiency or predict outcomes.
4. What’s not in the public record and the limits of available reporting
The available sources supply the resolution’s text, sponsor actions, referral, and procedural timestamps but do not provide committee reports, evidentiary records, or votes beyond the initial notification; they therefore do not show whether hearings, staff investigations, or floor consideration has produced findings that could move the resolution forward [1] [2]. Absent committee action or additional floor steps, public trackers cannot say whether the articles will be debated, amended, voted out of committee, or brought to the full House, and none of the cited records offer legal conclusions about the merits of the allegations [6] [8].
5. Why identical resolution numbers appear elsewhere and how to avoid confusion
Multiple unrelated "H.Res. 353" entries appear across different years and in state legislatures — for example Pennsylvania and Michigan state House resolutions with the same number but entirely different subjects — because resolution numbers recycle each session and across jurisdictions; trackers explicitly warn that resolution numbers restart and that identical numbers denote different measures in different bodies and years [9] [10] [11] [2]. Readers should rely on the congressional session and sponsor context (119th Congress, April 2025 filing) to avoid conflating unrelated bills that share the numeric label [2].
6. Bottom line: what this document means now
H.Res. 353 is a formally filed impeachment resolution that articulates seven articles against President Trump and has been entered into the House record and referred to Judiciary Committee, but it remains at the introductory stage with narrow sponsorship and no public committee action reported in the provided sources; the record to date documents the charges and procedural steps, not any adjudication or institutional outcome [1] [2] [6].