House Impeachment Resolution & Recess Procedure Tracker

Floor Whip Controls 435 SEATS

Scenario Presets

Pre-configured coalitions modeling reported factional alignments.

GOP Co-Sponsors / Defectors 3

House Republicans voting 'Yea' alongside sponsor Rep. Massie (e.g., War Powers advocates).

Democratic Caucus 'Yea' % 100%

Percentage of the 213 Democratic members backing the privileged motion.

Absences / Midterm Campaigning 6

Lawmakers away from D.C.; reduces quorum requirement for simple majority.

Leadership Motion to Table

Speaker normally offers an immediate motion to table Rule IX resolutions, requiring 218 to kill without debate.

House Chamber Status

Article I, Sec. 5 prevents forced debate while in adjournment sine die or district work period.

Resolution Basis ART. II • WAR POWERS

Respondent: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY 4th)

Grounds: Unauthorized escalation & military engagement in Iran absent explicit Congressional War Powers authorization (50 U.S.C. §§ 1541-1548).

Status: House adjourned for seven weeks prior to midterms; privileged clock tolling.

Floor Vote Tally & Quorum Calculator QUORUM PRESENT (429/435)

Projected 'Yea'

216

213 Dem + 3 GOP

Projected 'Nay'

213

213 GOP - 3 Def.

Margin to 218

-2

218 Needed

0 Simple Majority (218 of 435) 435

Seven-Week Recess Constitutional Impact RULE IX PROCEDURE

CLOCK SUSPENSION ACTIVE: PAUSED

Under House Rule IX, cl. 2, once notice of a privileged resolution is given, the Speaker must schedule floor consideration within two legislative days. Because the House adjourned for a 7-week election recess, legislative days do not advance until the gavel falls in mid-November.

DISCHARGE PETITION 218 SIGNATURES

If leadership refers the resolution to the House Foreign Affairs or Armed Services Committee to bury it, a bipartisan discharge petition requires a strict majority of the whole House (218 signatures) on the floor rostrum.

Legislative Coalitions & Committee Referral Network D3.JS GRAPH ENGINE

Rep. Massie (Sponsor)

GOP War Powers Defectors

Democratic Leadership & Caucus

Defense/Foreign Affairs Committees

Defense Sec. Hegseth

Hover or tap nodes to inspect factional vote weights, constitutional leverage points, and committee gatekeepers.

Congressional Legislative Impact Brief OFFICIAL EXPORT

Generates an exportable dossier recording current whip projections, procedural recess interpretations, and constitutional War Powers findings for legislative aides and researchers.

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