[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 503 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 503
Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, for
high crimes and misdemeanors.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 13, 2023
Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Gaetz, and Mr. Crane) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, for
high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., is impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment
be exhibited to the United States Senate:
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives
of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people
of the United States of America, against Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,
President of the United States, in maintenance and support of its
impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
article i: abuse of power
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives
``shall have the sole Power of Impeachment'' and that the President of
the United States ``shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for,
and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and
Misdemeanors''. In his conduct as President of the United States--and
in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the
office of the President of the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that
the laws be faithfully executed--Joseph R. Biden, Jr., has abused the
powers of the office of the President of the United States, in that:
Using the powers of his high office, President Biden has knowingly
presided over an executive branch that has continuously, overtly, and
consistently violated Federal immigration law by pursuing an
aggressive, open-borders agenda by purposefully and knowingly releasing
more than 2,000,000 illegal aliens into the interior of the United
States without the intention or ability to ensure that they appear in
immigration court to face asylum or deportation proceedings.
President Biden has intentionally facilitated a complete and total
invasion at the southern border. President Biden ended the Migrant
Protection Protocols to require aliens seeking asylum to remain in
Mexico while being processed by the Department of Homeland Security.
President Biden has closed Department of Homeland Security detention
facilities and refused to cooperate with State and local law
enforcement officials in securing the border. He has allowed illegal
aliens to enter the United States as asylum seekers despite knowing
they did not qualify for asylum. President Biden has pursued this open-
border agenda purposefully and willfully, circumventing every
safeguard, check, and balance required by law, resulting in mass
illegal immigration into the United States, to the detriment of the
American people.
President Biden, with such conduct, has demonstrated a failure to
uphold Federal immigration law, violating his oath to the Constitution
if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly
incompatible with the rule of law and to the manifest injury of the
people of the United States.
Wherefore, President Biden, by such conduct, warrants impeachment
and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy
any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
article ii: dereliction of duty
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives
``shall have the sole Power of Impeachment'' and that the President of
the United States ``shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for,
and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and
Misdemeanors''. In his conduct as President of the United States--and
in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the
office of the President of the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that
the laws be faithfully executed--Joseph R. Biden, Jr., has neglected
the constitutional duty of the office of the President of the United
States, in that:
Neglecting the powers of his high office, President Biden has
abandoned his duties to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed
and upheld, by presiding over an executive branch that has continually,
overtly, and consistently refused to enforce the Nation's immigration
laws and secure the southern border. President Biden has endangered the
security of the United States and the health and safety of the American
people. President Biden has caused a national security crisis and is
endangering the lives of the American people.
President Biden has presided over the largest influx of illegal
immigrants in American history, and as evidence of his dereliction, the
deportation cases pursued by his administration are at historic lows.
President Biden's negligence of duty has resulted in the surrender of
operational control of the border to the complete and total control of
foreign, criminal cartels--putting the lives of American citizens in
jeopardy. On President Biden's watch, illegal aliens have been
processed and released into the interior of the country under a mass
system of parole, contrary to the clear terms of Federal immigration
law. Utilizing the ``CBP ONE'' program, the executive branch will
release nearly 40,000 illegal aliens per month into the United States.
He has failed to uphold the mandatory detention and deportation
provisions of immigration laws, resulting in the mass entry of
inadmissible aliens and the continued presence of deportable aliens.
Through this complete and total dereliction of duty and extreme absence
in oversight of his own administration's policies, President Biden has
allowed more than 1,500,000 illegal immigrants to invade the southern
border. On Joe Biden's watch, illicit fentanyl has killed more than
100,000 American citizens. In fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and Border
Patrol seized more than 9,000 pounds of fentanyl at the southern
border.
In his failure to uphold the rule of law, President Biden has
demonstrated that he will neglect his duty to execute the office to
which he has been entrusted, violating his oath to the Constitution if
allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly
incompatible with his constitutional duty to take care that the laws of
the United States be faithfully executed.
Wherefore, President Biden, by such conduct, warrants impeachment
and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy
any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
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