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Will Democrats Impeach Trump Again? What Their Leaders Actually Say

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Will Democrats impeach Trump if they win the House on Nov. 3? Their leaders have not committed to it. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has repeated one line for months: “We haven’t ruled anything in or ruled anything out in terms of accountability.” What Democratic leaders have promised is investigations, starting on the first day of a new majority. Impeachment sits behind that, and the Senate’s two-thirds rule sits behind impeachment.

Where it stands: On Sept. 15, 2026, the House voted 232-147, with 47 members voting “present,” to table Rep. Al Green’s H.Res. 1486, the latest Trump impeachment measure forced to a vote. Newsweek reported that Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark and Aguilar were among 46 Democrats voting “present.” Not one resolution to impeach the president has moved forward in the 119th Congress.

Will Democrats impeach Trump? What has Jeffries said?

Jeffries has kept the door open without walking through it. When NBC’s Kristen Welker asked in June whether Democrats would impeach Trump with a House majority, he gave the “ruled anything in or ruled anything out” answer and pivoted: “What we have said is that our focus is going to be to make life more affordable for the American people.”

He repeated it to reporters in September, according to Colorado Politics: “We haven’t ruled anything out when it comes to all of the tools available to us to hold people accountable, and we haven’t ruled anything in.” He added: “That’s been our position. That will remain our position.”

House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar was blunter. He told reporters that impeachment is “not anything that is top of the agenda for House Democrats,” CBS News reported. The Associated Press summed up the posture in late September: “Impeachment of the Republican president and Cabinet officials is not off the table.”

How did Democratic leaders vote on Al Green’s impeachment resolutions?

Three times this Congress, Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) forced a floor vote on impeaching Trump. Each time Republicans moved to table, meaning set aside, the resolution. Each time the motion passed. What changed was how Democratic leaders voted.

Resolution House Clerk roll call Vote to table Democrats
H.Res. 537 Roll Call 175 (June 2025) 344 yea, 79 nay, 0 present 128 voted to table, 79 against
H.Res. 939 Roll Call 322 (Dec. 2025) 237 yea, 140 nay, 47 present 23 to table, 140 against, 47 present
H.Res. 1486 Roll Call 298 (Sept. 2026) 232 yea, 147 nay, 47 present 18 to table, 147 against, 46 present

Before the September vote, the leadership explained its “present” vote in a joint statement quoted by Newsweek: leaders would “again vote ‘present’ on the motion to table the impeachment resolution as we continue our fight to make life more affordable for everyday Americans, while committing to holding the crooks accountable using every tool available to us beginning on day one.” The full tally is on the House Clerk’s roll call page.

A “present” vote is neither a vote to kill the resolution nor a vote to keep it alive. It is the clearest public signal of where leaders stand: unwilling to block impeachment, unwilling to lead it under a Republican majority.

Who in the caucus is pushing for impeachment?

The pressure comes from members, not leaders. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who would be expected to chair the Judiciary Committee in a Democratic House, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in September that “we will not hesitate” to use impeachment if needed and that Trump has “undoubtedly” committed impeachable offenses, CBS reported. Those are Raskin’s words; no court or Senate has made such a finding.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), asked by Newsweek whether Trump has committed impeachable offenses, answered: “Absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt.” Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) called impeachment “one of several tools,” telling Fox News Digital: “I won’t hesitate to use that tool if that’s the right one. But there are other tools available to us, too.”

Trump and his allies reject all of it. Newsweek noted that Republicans “have consistently rejected claims that Trump’s actions rise to the level of impeachable conduct, dismissing such arguments as partisan attacks,” and Fox reported that Trump “has maintained his innocence amid an array of accusations from the left.”

What is the plan instead of impeachment?

Investigations first. Reuters reported in August, citing four people familiar with the discussions, that House Democrats were building an investigative strategy aimed at companies and financial firms around Trump rather than an immediate impeachment.

A senior Democratic aide told Reuters: “We’re not going into this to impeach.” The aide continued: “No one wants a failed vote on day one. The focus is on building a body of evidence through investigations that can hold Trump accountable.” The same aide left room for more: “If investigations uncover evidence that we believe meets the threshold, we will not hesitate to move forward.” That is an unnamed aide describing intent, not a decision by the caucus.

The AP added a second reason. “Impeaching the president a third time may not hold the currency that it once did,” it reported, adding that Democrats “will more likely focus their impeachment efforts on Cabinet members.” Our explainer on how a Cabinet secretary is impeached covers that route, and the full list of filed resolutions is in our guide to impeachment resolutions in the 119th Congress.

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What do Trump and Republicans say Democrats will do?

Republicans have made the prospect a campaign argument. At the House GOP retreat in January, Trump opened with “You got to win the midterms,” then told members: “They’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached,” Bloomberg News reported.

Majority Leader Steve Scalise has predicted an attempt “on Day 1” of a Democratic majority, according to Fox News Digital. NBC reported in 2025 that Republicans see impeachment as “a distraction that impedes his agenda in the back half of his term.”

Those warnings are predictions by Trump’s party. Democratic leaders’ public line, as quoted above, is narrower than what Republicans describe. More on the Republican case is in our piece on the “weaponization” argument.

Why does the Senate math matter so much?

Because the House can impeach but cannot remove. The House impeaches by simple majority. Removal requires a Senate trial, and the Constitution says: “And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.” If every seat is filled and every senator votes, the threshold is 67.

Raskin has acknowledged the limit himself. “We’ve already impeached him twice,” he told NBC in 2025. “So obviously that’s not a complete solution, given that he is able to beat the two-thirds constitutional spread.” NBC’s own assessment at the time was that there is “no plausible scenario in which Democrats gain the supermajority needed for conviction in the Senate.”

Senate Democratic leaders have not pushed the idea either. Truthout, a progressive outlet, reported in June that “Senate Democratic leaders have downplayed calls for impeaching Trump.” The same outlet reported an April Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll finding 55 percent of Americans believe the House should impeach, against 37 percent opposed. That poll is cited secondhand; we did not obtain the original.

For how each possible majority changes what Democrats can do, see our guide to what Democrats plan if they win. On the House floor, the last recorded word is Roll Call 298: 232 to table, 147 against.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will Democrats impeach Trump if they win the House in 2026?

Democratic leaders have not said they will. Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats have not ruled impeachment in or out, Pete Aguilar says it is not top of the agenda, and Reuters reported that leaders plan investigations first. Some members, including Raskin and Ocasio-Cortez, say Trump has committed impeachable offenses.

Could Democrats remove Trump from office through impeachment?

Only with Republican help in the Senate. A House majority can impeach, but conviction takes two-thirds of the senators present. Trump was impeached twice in his first term and acquitted both times.

Why did Jeffries vote present on impeachment?

Democratic leaders said in a joint statement before the September 2026 vote that they would again vote present on the motion to table while focusing on affordability and holding people accountable using every tool available starting on day one.

How many times has the House voted on impeaching Trump in this Congress?

Three resolutions from Rep. Al Green reached recorded tabling votes: H.Res. 537 in June 2025, H.Res. 939 in December 2025 and H.Res. 1486 in September 2026. All three were tabled. Other impeachment resolutions were referred to the Judiciary Committee without a vote.

What do Republicans say about Democrats impeaching Trump?

Trump told House Republicans in January 2026 that Democrats would find a reason to impeach him, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Democrats would try to impeach on day one. Republicans call impeachment claims partisan attacks, and Trump maintains he is innocent.

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