[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 209 (Thursday, December 11, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H5787-H5789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of the 
privileges of the House and offer the resolution that was previously 
noticed.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                              H. Res. 939

       Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United 
     States, is an abuser of Presidential power who, if left in 
     office, will continue to promote the incitement of violence, 
     engender invidious hate, undermine our democracy, and 
     dissolve our Republic, that he 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 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of 
     America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment 
     against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.


article i: abuse of presidential power by calling for the execution of 
                          members of congress

       In his conduct of the office of President of the United 
     States, Donald John Trump, in violation of his constitutional 
     oath to faithfully 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, has unfaithfully, 
     dangerously, and unconstitutionally abused his official 
     position by threatening Democratic lawmakers in Congress with 
     execution.
       President Trump called for the execution of six Democratic 
     lawmakers, all of whom are currently serving in the U.S. 
     Senate or U.S. House of Representatives and who previously 
     served in the U.S. Military or in U.S. Intelligence 
     communities, in response to a short video that they posted on 
     November 18, 2025. In their video, the Democratic lawmakers 
     appropriately urged current members of the military and 
     intelligence communities to adhere to the Constitution and 
     the laws of our country. They specifically said: ``Like us, 
     you all swore an oath to protect and defend this 
     Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution 
     aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. 
     Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You can 
     refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. No one 
     has to carry out orders that violate the law or our 
     Constitution.''
       On November 20, 2025, in response, President Trump called 
     for their execution. In one social media post, he wrote: 
     ``It's called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each 
     one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND 
     PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand--We 
     won't have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET. 
     President DJT.'' In another, he wrote of the lawmakers: 
     ``SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!'' Dangerously and 
     unconstitutionally, he reposted a third party's post: ``HANG 
     THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD!!''
       President Trump's call for the execution of lawmakers is a 
     reckless and flagrant abuse

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     of Presidential power that promotes extra-judicial punishment 
     and the assassination of Members of Congress, and warrants 
     impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives and trial by 
     the Senate.


article ii: abuse of presidential power to intimidate federal judges in 
violation of the separation of powers and independence of the judiciary

       In his conduct of the office of President of the United 
     States, Donald John Trump, in violation of his constitutional 
     oath to faithfully execute the office of 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, has unfaithfully, 
     dangerously, and unconstitutionally abused his official 
     position by threatening Federal judges.
       President Trump has fostered a political climate in which 
     lawmakers and judges face threats of political violence and 
     physical assault; and in this climate has made threats and 
     vituperative comments against Federal judges, putting at risk 
     their safety and well-being, and undermining the independence 
     of our judiciary.
       Case in point, in response to a Federal district court 
     ruling with which President Trump disagreed, he posted: 
     ``This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and 
     agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was 
     not elected President . . . This judge, like many of the 
     Crooked Judges' I am forced to appear before, should be 
     IMPEACHED!!!''
       Another U.S. District Chief Judge has reported receiving 
     increased numbers of violent threats, particularly after he 
     began hearing arguments in a lawsuit against the Trump 
     administration.
       In 2025, roughly a third of the Federal judiciary has been 
     flooded with threats, with data showing that these threats 
     spike each time Trump uses abusive rhetoric against judges.
       On May 2, 2025, Reuters reported that U.S. Supreme Court 
     Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson addressed President Donald 
     Trump's attacks on the judiciary. The relevant part of the 
     article stated as follows:
       ``(1) ``U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 
     said on Thursday attacks by Republican President Donald Trump 
     and his allies on judges were `not random' and seemed 
     `designed to intimidate the judiciary.''
       ``(2) Specifically, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Jackson 
     remarked that, ``The attacks are not random. They seem 
     designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical 
     capacity.''
       ``(3) Justice Jackson added, ``The threats and harassment 
     are attacks on our democracy, on our system of government. 
     And they ultimately risk undermining our Constitution and the 
     rule of law.''.
       The judiciary is afforded power over ``all Cases, in Law 
     and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the 
     United States, and Treaties made'' and ``to Controversies to 
     which the United States shall be a Party.'' U.S. Const. art. 
     III, sec. 2. Intimidating judges, and recklessly calling for 
     the impeachment and removal of judges who disagree with him 
     demonstrate a willingness by Trump to usurp authority 
     afforded by our Constitution to the judiciary and demonstrate 
     a disregard for the Constitution and the careful balance of 
     powers that protects our country from abuses by any single 
     branch.
       President Trump's threats place the lives of Federal 
     judges, court officials, and innocent bystanders at risk, 
     promote the incitement of violence, and undermine our 
     democracy, which cannot survive where President Trump's 
     incendiary comments engender invidious hate and where dissent 
     is punishable by death.
       In all of this, Donald John Trump has acted in a manner 
     contrary to his trust as President and subversive of 
     constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause 
     of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people 
     of the United States.
       Wherefore Donald John Trump, by such conduct, warrants 
     impeachment, trial, and removal from office.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution qualifies.


                            Motion to Table

  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Scalise of Louisiana moves to lay the resolution on the 
     table.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Announcement By the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by 5-minute votes 
on:
  Passage of H.R. 3628; and
  Passage of H.R. 3638.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 237, 
nays 140, answered ``present'' 47, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 322]

                               YEAS--237

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei (NV)
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Barr
     Barrett
     Baumgartner
     Bean (FL)
     Begich
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs (AZ)
     Biggs (SC)
     Bilirakis
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Bresnahan
     Buchanan
     Burchett
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Costa
     Crane
     Crank
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Downing
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Evans (CO)
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Fedorchak
     Feenstra
     Figures
     Fine
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Fong
     Foxx
     Franklin, Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Garbarino
     Gill (TX)
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (TX)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, V.
     Gooden
     Goodlander
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Graves
     Gray
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Hamadeh (AZ)
     Haridopolos
     Harrigan
     Harris (MD)
     Harris (NC)
     Harshbarger
     Hern (OK)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunt
     Hurd (CO)
     Issa
     Jack
     Jackson (TX)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy (UT)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley (CA)
     Kim
     Knott
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Langworthy
     Larsen (WA)
     Latta
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Mackenzie
     Malliotakis
     Maloy
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McDonald Rivet
     McDowell
     McGuire
     Messmer
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Moolenaar
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (NC)
     Moore (UT)
     Moore (WV)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Onder
     Owens
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Patronis
     Perez
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Reschenthaler
     Riley (NY)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rulli
     Scalise
     Schmidt
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Shreve
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Strong
     Stutzman
     Suozzi
     Taylor
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner (OH)
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Epps
     Van Orden
     Vindman
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Westerman
     Wied
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                               NAYS--140

     Adams
     Amo
     Ansari
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bishop
     Bonamici
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Carbajal
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Casar
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cisneros
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Correa
     Craig
     Crockett
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dexter
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Elfreth
     Escobar
     Espaillat
     Evans (PA)
     Fletcher
     Foushee
     Friedman
     Frost
     Garamendi
     Garcia (CA)
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy (NY)
     Khanna
     Krishnamoorthi
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Liccardo
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Mannion
     Matsui
     McBride
     McClain Delaney
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     McIver
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Min
     Moore (WI)
     Morrison
     Moulton
     Mullin
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Olszewski
     Omar
     Pettersen
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Randall
     Raskin
     Rivas
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ryan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sherman
     Simon
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Stansbury
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--47

     Aguilar
     Bell
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bynum
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Clark (MA)
     Conaway
     Courtney
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Fields
     Foster
     Frankel, Lois
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Jeffries
     Kaptur
     Landsman
     Latimer
     Levin
     Lieu
     McBath
     McClellan
     McCollum
     Meeks

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     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Mrvan
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Pou
     Schneider
     Sewell
     Soto
     Subramanyam
     Sykes
     Tran
     Veasey
     Walkinshaw
     Whitesides

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Donalds
     Gillen
     Gimenez
     James
     Meuser
     Nadler
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Swalwell

                              {time}  1408

  Messrs. SMITH of Washington, CORREA, Ms. STEVENS, and Mr. MAGAZINER 
changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. COSTA, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, and Mr. VAN ORDEN changed their vote 
from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  Mrs. McBATH, Mr. COURTNEY, Mses. DeLAURO, HOULAHAN, Messrs. SOTO, and 
MOSKOWITZ changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``present.''
  Messrs. LANDSMAN, CASE, and PAPPAS changed their vote from ``nay'' to 
``present.''
  So the motion to table was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted YEA 
on Roll Call No. 322.
  Mr. JAMES. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted YEA on 
Roll Call No. 322.

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