WASHINGTON — The House passed a resolution Tuesday condemning socialism, reaffirming the Constitution and declaring that American elections should be decided by American citizens.
A total of 192 House Democrats voted against it.
House Resolution 1490, introduced by Republican Rep. Jeff Crank of Colorado, passed 220-192. Two Democrats voted present, while 18 lawmakers did not vote.
Every Republican who participated supported the measure. The final House clerk’s tally showed 211 Republicans, eight Democrats and one independent voting yes.
The eight Democrats supporting the resolution were Reps. Kathy Castor and Darren Soto of Florida, Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina, Jared Golden of Maine, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico.
Democratic Reps. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania and Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire voted present.
The remaining 192 Democrats voted no.
The nonbinding resolution condemned socialism “in all its forms,” including the Democratic Socialists of America, and opposed the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.
It also reaffirmed support for free and secure elections, declared that American elections are for American citizens, recommitted the House to upholding the Constitution and called for enactment of President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act.
The resolution cited the growing influence of the Democratic Socialists of America following the November 2025 election of socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. It also criticized the organization’s support for allowing noncitizens and incarcerated criminals to vote, abolishing the U.S. Senate and replacing the nation’s two-party political system.
Crank said socialism is no longer an ideology confined to history books or college campuses.
“The vast majority of Democrats voted against my resolution to condemn socialism in all its forms,” Crank said in a statement following the vote. “This evening’s vote showed who stands for freedom.”
Democrats argued that Republicans deliberately combined the condemnation of socialism with support for the SAVE America Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration and impose additional identification requirements in federal elections.
Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Florida called the election provision a “poison pill.” He and several other moderate Democrats attempted to remove the SAVE America Act language before the final vote.
But the election provision was not hidden in hundreds of pages of legislation. It was written plainly into a four-page resolution.
The measure asked lawmakers to affirm that elections should be secure, that only American citizens should decide American elections and that the Constitution should be upheld.
Those principles should not be controversial.
The vote also marked a dramatic shift from November 2025, when the House passed a separate resolution denouncing the horrors of socialism by a vote of 285-98. That measure received support from 86 House Democrats.
Less than one year later, only eight Democrats supported the new resolution.
Socialism has been responsible for economic collapse, government repression and the destruction of individual liberty in nations around the world. Families who escaped Cuba, Venezuela, the former Soviet Union and other socialist regimes do not view the ideology as an academic experiment.
They lived through its consequences.
Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York spoke about her Cuban family losing its home and small business under Fidel Castro’s communist government. She accused Democrats of refusing to condemn the same ideology that destroyed families like hers.
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, a Democratic Socialists of America member, defended the movement during the floor debate. She blamed corporate greed for the economic pressures facing Americans and called for higher taxes on wealthy individuals.
That exchange revealed the real divide.
One side believes prosperity grows through individual freedom, private ownership, free enterprise and limited government. The other increasingly believes government should control more industries, redistribute more income and assume greater authority over Americans’ economic decisions.
Democrats may argue that their vote concerned the SAVE America Act. They may call the resolution political theater. They may insist Republicans designed it to place vulnerable Democrats in an uncomfortable position before the November midterm elections.
None of those arguments changes the official record.
Members of Congress were presented with a resolution condemning socialism, supporting the Constitution, affirming secure elections and declaring that American elections belong to American citizens.
One hundred ninety-two Democrats voted no.
The resolution does not carry the force of law, but the roll call will remain part of the congressional record. Voters will decide whether the explanations outweigh the vote.
The bottom line is simple: When Congress was asked to choose between socialism and the principles of constitutional freedom, nearly the entire House Democratic caucus refused to stand on the side of freedom.
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