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H.Res. 489: Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress.

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H.Res. 489: Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress.

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-15 · Immigration · Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 3 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 480 (2019): On Motion to Strike Words from the Record, HRES489 (2019-07-16), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress.

Plain summary

This resolution states that immigrants and their descendants have made America stronger and naturalized citizens are just as American as those whose families have been in the United States for generations. It also expresses a commitment to keep America open to those who lawfully seek refuge from violence and oppression and those willing to work hard to achieve the American Dream, regardless of race, ethnicity, faith, or country of origin. The resolution strongly condemns as racist the President’s comments about immigrants and those who look to the President like immigrants and states that these have legitimized hatred of new Americans and people of color, including his reference to immigrants and asylum seekers as “invaders.”

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] · 187 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Mike Levin (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Grace Meng (D-NY), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Ed Case (D-HI) and 127 more.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (2)
Resolution
A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote
A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hres489 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116