By Lucretia Hughes
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House rejected another effort to impeach President Donald Trump on Tuesday, voting to table a resolution introduced by Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas before it could receive a vote on the merits.
The House voted 232-147 to table the resolution, effectively killing Green’s latest impeachment attempt. Forty-seven lawmakers voted “present,” while several Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the motion to end the proceeding.
The vote marked Green’s eighth unsuccessful attempt to impeach Trump across the president’s two administrations and the third such effort during Trump’s second term.
Green accused Trump of committing high crimes and misdemeanors through his administration’s immigration-enforcement operations. He cited deaths connected to federal enforcement actions, including the July death of Houston resident Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during an operation involving federal immigration agents.
Green introduced the resolution in August before later designating it as privileged, a procedural move requiring the House to act within a limited period. Republican leaders responded by bringing forward the motion to table it.
Before the vote, Green acknowledged that his resolution was unlikely to succeed but described the impeachment attempt as a moral obligation.
“I realize there are many people who are opposed to what we are doing,” Green said during a Monday news conference. “They will acknowledge that what the president is doing is impeachable, but they would have us wait. Well, the Constitution doesn’t have a wait clause in it.”
Green introduced himself on the House floor Tuesday as an “unbought, unbossed, liberated and unelected Democrat,” referencing both his independence from party leadership and his impending departure from Congress.
The Texas Democrat lost his primary following redistricting and is expected to leave office in January after serving in the House for more than two decades.
Democratic leaders did not embrace Green’s impeachment effort, and some members reportedly viewed the vote as an unwanted distraction during the House’s final week in session before lawmakers returned to their districts for the midterm campaign.
Some Democrats opposed tabling the resolution and voted to allow the impeachment effort to move forward. Others voted “present,” avoiding a direct position on either advancing or killing it.
The divided response demonstrated the political difficulty impeachment continues to create for Democrats. Members face pressure from progressive voters demanding aggressive action against Trump while party strategists attempt to keep the midterm campaign focused on the economy, health care, immigration and the ongoing conflict with Iran.
Green rejected complaints that his effort interfered with Democratic messaging.
Lawmakers who criticized the resolution privately “don’t have the courage to stand up and face me,” Green said, challenging them to debate the issue publicly.
Republicans have characterized Green’s repeated resolutions as partisan political theater and evidence that some Democrats remain determined to remove Trump despite their inability to secure enough votes.
Impeachment requires a simple majority in the House. Conviction and removal from office require a two-thirds vote in the Senate.
Trump was impeached twice during his first administration. The House first impeached him in December 2019 over his dealings with Ukraine and again in January 2021 following the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Senate acquitted him in both proceedings.
Green has repeatedly forced members of his own party to take recorded positions on impeachment.
In June 2025, the House voted 344-79 to table an impeachment resolution Green introduced following U.S. military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. A majority of House Democrats joined Republicans in rejecting that effort.
In December 2025, the House voted 237-140 to dismiss another Green resolution. Forty-seven Democrats voted “present” in that proceeding as well.
Tuesday’s vote did not determine whether the allegations contained in Green’s resolution were true or whether they legally constituted impeachable offenses. A motion to table ends consideration of a measure without conducting a full investigation, debate or direct vote on its substance.
The outcome nevertheless made one political reality clear: Green did not have enough support within his own party, much less across the entire House, to advance another impeachment of Trump.
For Republicans, the vote allowed the party to portray Democrats as remaining consumed by attempts to remove the president. For Democratic leaders, it prevented a prolonged impeachment fight immediately before the midterm elections.
For Green, however, the repeated defeats have not changed his position. He has maintained that lawmakers have an obligation to pursue impeachment when they believe a president has abused the power of his office, regardless of whether the necessary votes are available.
The House’s decision Tuesday ensured that Trump will not face a third impeachment — at least not from Green’s latest resolution.
Sources: Houston Chronicle, Axios, U.S. House of Representatives
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