Resolutions to Censure the President: Procedure and History
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- HRES 425113th Congress
Expressing disapproval of the failure to satisfy the constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" and the usurpation of the legislative authority of Congress by the President of the United States.
Jan 9, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- HRES 652113th Congress
Condemning the President of the United States and the executive branch of Government for continuous actions that violate the laws and Constitution of the United States.
Jul 21, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- HRES 582114th Congress
Condemning and censuring President Barack Obama.
Feb 3, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- HRES 588114th Congress
Condemning and censuring President Barack Obama.
Feb 3, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- HRES 607114th Congress
Condemning and censuring President Barack Obama.
Feb 29, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- HRES 496115th Congress
Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.
Aug 18, 2017 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- HRES 700115th Congress
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding President Donald J. Trump's remarks about Haiti, El Salvador, and African Nations.
Jan 18, 2018 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- HR 3253116th Congress
Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid Act of 2019
Aug 6, 2019 · Became Public Law No: 116-39.
- HRES 489116th Congress
Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress.
Jul 16, 2019 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- HRES 490116th Congress
Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.
Jul 15, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- HRES 494116th Congress
Condemning the false, inflammatory, and racially offensive statements made by the President of the United States regarding four women of color who are duly elected Members of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.
Jul 16, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- HRES 499116th Congress
Condemning the Trump Administration's systematic cruel and inhumane treatment of migrants, particularly children, at the southern border.
Jul 30, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- HRES 731116th Congress
Condemning the inflammatory and racially offensive statement of the President of the United States suggesting falsely a moral equivalence between the domestic terrorist act of lynching and the constitutionally provided congressional impeachment power.
Dec 18, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- HRES 755116th Congress
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Feb 5, 2020 · The Senate adjudges that Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is not guilty as charged in the second Article of Impeachment by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 34.
- HRES 766116th Congress
Censuring President Donald J. Trump.
Dec 17, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- HRES 771116th Congress
Censuring the President of the United States.
Dec 18, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- SCONRES 39116th Congress
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble, exercise freedom of speech, and petition the Government for redress of grievances must be respected; that violence and looting are unlawful, unacceptable, and contrary to the purpose of peaceful protests; and that Congress condemns the President of the United States for ordering Federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors.
Jun 4, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2737)
- HCONRES 3117th Congress
Censuring President Donald J. Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election through unlawful means and for inciting insurrection.
Mar 4, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- HCONRES 49117th Congress
Censuring and condemning President Joseph R. Biden.
Aug 27, 2021 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- HCONRES 5117th Congress
Censuring and condemning President Donald J. Trump for trying to unlawfully overturn the 2020 Presidential election and violating his oath of office on January 6, 2021.
Mar 4, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- HR 1318117th Congress
Alaska Tourism Restoration Act
May 24, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-14.
- HR 1651117th Congress
COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act of 2021
Mar 27, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-5.
- HRES 14117th Congress
Censuring and condemning President Donald J. Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election in the State of Georgia.
Mar 4, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- HRES 24117th Congress
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Feb 13, 2021 · The Senate adjudges that Donald John Trump, former President of the United States, is not guilty as charged in the Article of Impeachment by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 43. Record Vote Number: 59.
- HRES 493117th Congress
Expressing disapproval of the failure to uphold the constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" and the usurpation of the legislative authority of Congress by the President of the United States.
Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- S 579117th Congress
A bill to make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019.
Mar 23, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-3.
- HRES 1371118th Congress
Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris's, failure to secure the United States border.
Jul 25, 2024 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- HRES 1469118th Congress
Ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Sep 25, 2024 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- HRES 1561118th Congress
Condemning President Biden's remarks referring to President Trump's supporters as "garbage".
Nov 1, 2024 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
- SRES 779118th Congress
A resolution strongly condemning the Biden administration and its "border czar", Kamala Harris, for failing to secure the United States border.
Jul 30, 2024 · Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S5590)
- HRES 189119th Congress
Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.
Mar 6, 2025 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.