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HRES 490 116th Congress House

Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.

Introduced: July 15, 2019 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action July 15, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution censures and condemns the President for his tweets made on July 14 and 15, 2019, and states that they are xenophobic, promote white supremacist and nativist ideologies, and violate the President's oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution.

The resolution further calls on the President to apologize for the comments described in this resolution, stating that they have disgraced the Office of the President and dishonored the United States of America.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 20
D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jul 17, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· Jul 16, 2019
CLAY, WM.
· Jul 16, 2019
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Jul 16, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jul 16, 2019
Yarmuth, John
· Jul 16, 2019
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Jul 15, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 15, 2019
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jul 15, 2019
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jul 15, 2019
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jul 15, 2019
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Jul 15, 2019
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Jul 15, 2019
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Jul 15, 2019
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jul 15, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 490: Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-490/
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