WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives voted on Dec. 11 to table an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump.
The motion to table passed 237–140, with 47 Democrats voting “present.”
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) introduced the two articles of impeachment over Trump’s criticism against several members of Congress who called on service members to disobey what they said were “illegal orders” and in response to “threatening federal judges.”
In an open letter dated Dec. 10, Green explained his rationale for impeaching Trump.
“We know that if any other president had called for the execution of members of Congress and used vituperative language to intimidate federal judges, the opposition party would not wait until they had a majority to vote for his impeachment—they would do more than condemn his behavior,” he wrote. “Each and every one would have voted to impeach him, and some members of the other party would join them. We just cannot wait until we all agree to do the right thing.”…