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ABSTRACT

The House voted 232-147 on Sept 15 to table a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump, defeating an effort led by Representative Al Green of Texas, according to CBS News and The Straits Times. CBS News dated the vote to Sept 15, 2026, and reported that 47 lawmakers voted present; The Straits Times reported that 46 Democrats voted present, among them Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Democratic Whip Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar of California, and that they were joined by Republican Representative Thomas Massie. The Straits Times reported that 18 Democrats joined Republicans in voting to table the resolution, which it said concerned the administration's immigration crackdown and fatal shootings involving federal immigration agents. CBS News reported the resolution sought to impeach Trump over the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The vote took place in the House in Washington.

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House votes 232-147 to table impeachment resolution against Trump

Sep 15, 2026, 6:02 AM

The House voted 232-147 on Sept 15 to table a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump, defeating an effort led by Representative Al Green of Texas, according to CBS News and The Straits Times. CBS News dated the vote to Sept 15, 2026, and reported that 47 lawmakers voted present; The Straits Times reported that 46 Democrats voted present, among them Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Democratic Whip Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar of California, and that they were joined by Republican Representative Thomas Massie. The Straits Times reported that 18 Democrats joined Republicans in voting to table the resolution, which it said concerned the administration's immigration crackdown and fatal shootings involving federal immigration agents. CBS News reported the resolution sought to impeach Trump over the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The vote took place in the House in Washington.

Context

According to CBS News, Green's resolution cited the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero by federal immigration agents this year. The Straits Times described the measure as targeting the administration's immigration crackdown and deadly shootings involving federal immigration agents. Neither source quotes the resolution's full text.

Both sources reported that the three House Democratic leaders said in a joint statement that they would vote present. The Straits Times said the statement was issued the night of Sept 14; CBS News said it came on Monday. The leaders said impeachment traditionally requires a comprehensive investigative process, including the collection and review of thousands of documents, scrutiny of the facts, examination of key witnesses, congressional hearings, public organizing and the building of broad national consensus, and that none of that work had been done because the Republican majority was focused on advancing Trump's agenda, according to both sources. CBS News reported leadership did not whip the vote.

The Straits Times reported that Green will leave Congress at the end of the year after losing a primary in a seat Republicans redistricted, and that he has repeatedly defied his party's leaders, moving to impeach Trump twice in 2025 and having all of his efforts defeated in bipartisan procedural votes. CBS News reported that Green is set to leave Congress in January after losing a primary for his newly redrawn Houston-area district, that he has called for Trump's impeachment more than a half-dozen times since the president's first term, and that he was censured by the House last year for shouting at Trump during an address to a joint session of Congress.

The Straits Times reported a shift in Democrats' approach across recent votes: when Green moved to impeach Trump in June 2025 over military strikes in Iran, most Democrats joined Republicans to kill the measure, while on a later effort accusing Trump of inciting violence and threats against lawmakers and judges, most Democrats voted against Republicans' attempts to kill it. It also reported that Democrats spent much of the first year of Trump's second term avoiding impeachment talk out of concern that their two efforts to remove him during his first term may have politically benefited him.

Representative Adelita Grijalva said she believed Trump deserved to be impeached and rejected voting present over procedural concerns, saying her constituents in southern Arizona sent her to vote yes or no, according to The Straits Times.

CBS News reported that Jeffries has not ruled out pursuing impeachment against Trump if Democrats control the House for the remaining two years of the president's second term, and that Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who is in line to lead the House Judiciary Committee if Democrats hold the majority, told NBC's "Meet the Press" earlier this month that Democrats would not hesitate to use the tool if needed and that Trump has committed impeachable offenses. Aguilar said on Sept 15 that impeachment is not at the top of House Democrats' agenda, according to CBS News.

The Straits Times reported that Republicans, seeking to hold their narrow majority, have highlighted Democrats' support for impeachment in an effort to present them as radical.

The Straits Times also reported that Thomas Massie, described as a frequent critic and target of the president, separately moved on Sept 15 to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Neither source reports the outcome of that move.

All Perspectives
House Democratic leadership (Jeffries, Clark, Aguilar): In a joint statement, the three leaders said impeachment is a sacred constitutional tool for holding a corrupt executive accountable, but that it traditionally requires a comprehensive investigative process, the collection and review of thousands of documents, scrutiny of the facts, examination of dozens of key witnesses, congressional hearings, sustained public organizing and the building of broad national consensus. They said none of that work had been done because the Republican majority was focused solely on advancing Trump's agenda, and they announced they would vote present on the motion to table rather than support or oppose it, according to both sources.
Representative Al Green (Texas): In a speech on the House floor, Green said he had been a proponent of impeachment for years, and said that anything other than a vote to impeach Trump amounted to supporting the president. He said he found it hard to believe that Democrats would vote to keep the president in office, according to The Straits Times.
Representative Adelita Grijalva: Grijalva said she believed Trump deserved to be impeached and rejected the idea of voting present over procedural concerns, saying her constituents in southern Arizona sent her to Congress to vote yes or no, according to The Straits Times.
Representative Jamie Raskin (Maryland): Raskin, who is poised to lead the House Judiciary Committee if Democrats hold the majority, told NBC's "Meet the Press" earlier this month that Democrats would not hesitate to use impeachment if needed and that Trump has undoubtedly committed impeachable offenses, according to CBS News.
Representative Pete Aguilar (separate remarks): Aguilar said on Sept 15 that impeachment is not at the top of the agenda for House Democrats, according to CBS News.
House Republicans: The Straits Times reports that Republicans, as they try to hold their narrow majority, have highlighted Democrats' support for impeachment as part of an effort to present them as radical. No Republican member or leader is quoted in the supplied sources.
Position not represented in the source reporting: President Donald Trump; Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

Where sources differ

  • CBS News reports that 47 lawmakers voted present in total; The Straits Times reports that 46 Democrats voted present and that they were joined by Republican Representative Thomas Massie.
  • The sources differ on how many times Green has moved against Trump: CBS News says he has called for impeachment more than a half-dozen times since Trump's first term, while The Straits Times says he moved to impeach Trump twice in 2025 in addition to earlier efforts.
  • CBS News dates the vote to Sept 15, 2026 and says it took place on a Tuesday; The Straits Times gives the date as Sept 15 without specifying a year, while referring to events in 2025.
  • On Green's departure from Congress, The Straits Times says he will leave at the end of the year, while CBS News says he is set to leave in January.
Gaps & Unknowns
  • No source includes any comment or response from President Donald Trump, the subject of the resolution.
  • No source includes a response from the White House, Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection, whose conduct formed the basis of the resolution.
  • Neither source reports the outcome of Representative Thomas Massie's separate motion to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
  • The 18 Democrats who joined Republicans in voting to table the resolution are not named in any source.
  • The full roll-call details are incomplete, and the sources do not reconcile whether 46 or 47 members voted present.
  • The sources do not describe the specific evidence, investigations or legal findings behind the four killings named by CBS News, nor whether any federal agents involved have been charged or disciplined.
  • No source establishes whether Green's resolution alleged specific statutory or constitutional violations beyond the immigration enforcement conduct described.
  • No source states whether House Democratic leaders have decided on a future course if Democrats win the majority; CBS News reports only that Jeffries has not ruled out impeachment.
  • The year of the vote is not stated in The Straits Times; only CBS News dates the event to 2026.
  • Neither source reports how many members were absent or did not vote.
Sources & Further Reading
  1. The Straits Times — original — by The Straits Times
  2. CBS News — by Caitlin Yilek
  3. Daily Montanan — by Jacob Fischler
  4. The Guardian US — by Tom Ambrose

Read the original at The Straits Times

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