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H.Res. 1486: Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

119th Congress · introduced 2026-08-24 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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What does this mean?

Official title

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Plain summary

This resolution impeaches President Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors. Specifically, the resolution sets forth one article of impeachment concerning abuse of presidential powers by allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to operate in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution while undermining judicial oversight.

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

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Official text

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] · 0 cosponsors

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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-cong119-hres1486 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills