Texas Democratic Representative Al Green filed a resolution Tuesday to impeach President Trump over his ordering a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities without consulting Congress. The resolution was promptly shot down in a 344-79 vote.
Green’s resolution alleged Trump was violating the separation of powers by disregarding the War Powers Clause of the Constitution by sanctioning a strike on three Iranian nuclear materials enrichment bases on June 21.
While announcing the resolution, Green said, “I take no delight in what I’m doing. I do this because I love my country. … I do it because I understand that the President of the United States of America has a duty to consult Congress before taking this country to war.”
“I do this because, if I do not, this authoritarian president that we currently have will continue to assume power,” Green added.
Although it was initially reported that Trump did not reach out to Democratic congressmen before the strikes, White House Press Secretary Karoline Levitt confirmed that Trump spoke to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and attempted to reach House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) prior to the attack.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) praised Trump’s decisive actions in a post on X.
“Leaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of this situation and the Commander-in-Chief evaluated that the imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act,” Johnson said.
This is the second resolution Green has introduced since Trump took office for his second term. The first resolution was filed in May of this year and similarly claimed Trump’s actions were authoritarian.
Within hours of introducing the resolution, the House voted 344-79 to table it. 128 Democrats joined all 216 House Republicans against pushing forward the resolution.
This comes as Trump called out Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in a post on Truth Social. Trump urged them to try to impeach him to “MAKE MY DAY.” Both Ocasio-Cortez and Omar voted against tabling the bill.
“Democrats are the real threat to democracy, they’ll invent any excuse to impeach the president the moment they get power,” the National Republican Congressional Committee said in a statement following the vote. “128 Democrats just hid their beliefs and voted to table impeachment, clearly too scared to be honest and too weak to lead. Here’s the truth: If Democrats retake the Majority in 2026, out of touch Democrats won’t focus on the economy, border, or public safety. They’ll go right back to wasting time on political revenge and impeachment stunts.”
This is not Green’s first – or even second – attempt at impeaching Trump. In Trump’s first term, Green alone introduced three separate resolutions to impeach Trump. Green’s gripes in those resolutions range from bigotry to transphobia.
Green is well-known for his disruptive political behavior. In March, Green was censured for heckling Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress. Following his censure, dozens of Democrats flooded the floor while singing “We Shall Overcome.”