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The House of Representatives requires a simple majority vote to adopt articles of impeachment against a president—meaning more votes in favor than against among members voting when a quorum is present...
The House of Representatives can impeach a cabinet official such as a secretary of defense by a simple majority vote in the House, and the Senate must then try the case and convict by a supermajority—...
The Constitution says the Senate may convict an impeached federal officer only with the concurrence of two‑thirds of senators present; conviction “operates automatically and instantaneously to separat...
Donald Trump has been the subject of multiple constitutional challenges and political sanctions, and courts and judges have found specific actions of his administration or statements unlawful or likel...
The Senate can use the so‑called to change its rules, including the 60‑vote cloture threshold, because the chamber is the master of its own procedures; however, whether lawmakers will or can sensibly ...
If Donald Trump were impeached in 2025, the immediate , because removal requires Senate conviction by a two‑thirds majority and that threshold has historically been difficult to achieve. Existing repo...
Pew’s count for the 119th Congress identifies at least 80 members who are foreign‑born or have at least one foreign‑born parent, and it separately reports 61 foreign‑born members in the House and 19 i...
has clear constitutional tools to "end" a president’s term or bar a former president from future office— with conviction, and the ’s incapacity procedures—but both paths have high thresholds and polit...
Between 2009 and 2016, ; the Senate passed a broad reform bill in 2013 that stalled in the House, while Republican-led congressional actions focused on contesting executive relief programs like DACA a...
Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election with 312 electoral votes (commonly reported as between ~295–312 in early calls) and a narrow national popular-vote margin of roughly 1.6 percentage poin...
The 25th Amendment creates both voluntary and involuntary mechanisms to transfer presidential power: Section 3 allows a president to temporarily cede duties, while Section 4 permits the vice president...
Yes—under the Constitution the House can impeach Donald Trump; whether the Senate can constitutionally convict and disqualify him after he leaves office is a live legal dispute with historical precede...
The Senate has voted on a continuing resolution (CR) at least during the 2025 funding battle, and reporting indicates that would simply extend existing funding without policy riders. Multiple outlets ...
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment does not permit Congress acting alone to remove a president; Section 4 creates a multi-step process that begins with the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet (or “su...
Yes. The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial over the January 6 Capitol attack: the final roll call was which fell short of the two‑thirds threshold required...
The Senate held a second impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump after he left office in January 2021 and , with a final vote of 57 guilty to 43 not guilty — short of the 67 votes needed...
The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, with a final tally of , falling short of the two‑thirds majority required for conviction; in voting to convict . The...
The Senate and the House publish different 2025 calendars that show : the Senate front-loads work with longer continuous session blocks early in the year and several multi-week recess windows labeled ...
The materials present three recurring claims: that Donald Trump engaged in conduct that amounts to across multiple contexts; that this conduct produced legal accountability in some instances (criminal...
Expulsion of a Member of Congress is an extraordinary, constitutionally authorized sanction: Article I, Section 5 gives each chamber the power to "punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with...