IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1319 

Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the United States, 

for high crimes and misdemeanors. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 25, 2024 

Mr. MILLS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the 

United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 

1 Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Presi2 dent of the United States, is impeached for high crimes 

3 and misdemeanors and that the following articles of im4 peachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: 

5 Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of 

6 Representatives of the United States of America in the 

7 name of itself and of the people of the United States of 

8 America, against Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President 

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1 port of its impeachment against him for high crimes and 

2 misdemeanors. 

3 ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER

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5 The Constitution provides that the House of Rep6 resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 

7 and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on 

8 Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 

9 other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In his conduct of 

10 the office of President of the United States, and in viola11 tion of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the of12 fice of President of the United States and, to the best of 

13 his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution 

14 of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional 

15 duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, Jo16 seph Robinette Biden, Jr., has abused the powers of the 

17 Presidency, in that: 

18 Using the powers of his high office, President Biden 

19 solicited a ‘‘quid pro quo’’ with the foreign Government 

20 of Israel by withholding precision guided weapons ship21 ments in order to try and extract military policy changes. 

22 President Biden sought to pressure the Government of 

23 Israel to take steps by conditioning official United States 

24 Government acts of significant value to Israel. After initial 

25 reports surfaced, President Biden confirmed them and 

26 openly stated ‘‘I made it clear that if they go into Rafah— 


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1 they haven’t gone in Rafah yet—if they go into Rafah, 

2 I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used his3 torically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that 

4 deal with that problem.’’. 

5 President Biden engaged in this scheme or course of 

6 conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal polit7 ical benefit. In so doing, President Biden used the powers 

8 of the Presidency in a manner that compromised the na9 tional security of the United States and undermined the 

10 integrity of the United States democratic process. He thus 

11 ignored and injured the interests of the Nation. 

12 Wherefore President Biden, by such conduct, thus 

13 warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and 

14 disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, 

15 trust, or profit under the United States. 

16 ARTICLE II: FAILURE TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE LAWS

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18 The Constitution provides that the House of Rep19 resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 

20 and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on 

21 Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 

22 other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In his conduct of 

23 the office of President of the United States, and in viola24 tion of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the of25 fice of President of the United States and, to the best of 

26 his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution 


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1 of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional 

2 duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, Jo3 seph Robinette Biden, Jr., has abused the powers of the 

4 Presidency, in that: 

5 President Biden has allowed aliens to enter the 

6 United States in violation of the immigration laws, thwart7 ed the will of Congress as set forth in duly enacted law 

8 by not completing the southern border wall, and deprived 

9 border agents of the sufficient manpower and resources 

10 needed to secure the border and its physical infrastruc11 ture. 

12 His conduct has included the following: 

13 (1) President Biden’s Department of Homeland 

14 Security (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘DHS’’) has 

15 willfully refused to maintain operational control of 

16 the border as required by the Secure Fence Act of 

17 2006. His actions have directly led to an increase in 

18 illegal aliens and illegal narcotics, including deadly 

19 fentanyl, entering the United States. 

20 (2) President Biden’s administration has will21 fully violated the Immigration and Nationality Act 

22 by releasing illegal aliens into the interior of the 

23 United States. The Act clearly requires DHS to de24 tain aliens seeking admission to the United States 

25 while they are processed. By law, DHS does not 


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1 have the option to simply release aliens into the inte2 rior of the United States. 

3 (3) President Biden has reinstituted the catch 

4 and release policies of the Obama administration 

5 and has released aliens into the interior of the 

6 United States without issuing the aliens notices to 

7 appear. 

8 (4) Under President Biden’s administration, 

9 the Department of Homeland Security terminated 

10 the Migrant Protection Protocols, which provided a 

11 pathway to process claims in compliance with the 

12 law, and served as a deterrent to illegal immigration 

13 and aliens making fraudulent asylum claims. 

14 (5) As a result of President Biden’s policies, 

15 Customs and Border Patrol (hereinafter referred to 

16 as ‘‘CBP’’) encounters, and those evading capture, 

17 have increased by millions since he became Presi18 dent. 

19 (6) In addition to illegal aliens, President 

20 Biden’s policies have led to a significant increase in 

21 illegal drug smuggling across the southern border. 

22 Fentanyl now kills hundreds of Americans every day. 

23 President Biden, by these actions, has made the bor24 der less secure and encouraged aliens to enter the United 

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1 ational control of the border. His actions have thwarted 

2 the will of Congress as set forth in duly enacted law and 

3 the core tenets of the Constitution. 

4 President Biden engaged in this scheme or course of 

5 conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal polit6 ical benefit. In so doing, President Biden used the powers 

7 of the Presidency in a manner that compromised the na8 tional security of the United States and undermined the 

9 integrity of the United States democratic process. He thus 

10 ignored and injured the interests of the Nation. 

11 Wherefore President Biden, by such conduct, thus 

12 warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and 

13 disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, 

14 trust, or profit under the United States. 

15 ARTICLE III: SEPARATION OF POWERS

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17 The Constitution provides that the House of Rep18 resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 

19 and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on 

20 Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 

21 other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In his conduct of 

22 the office of President of the United States, and in viola23 tion of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the of24 fice of President of the United States and, to the best of 

25 his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution 

26 of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional 


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1 duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, Jo2 seph Robinette Biden, Jr., has abused the powers of the 

3 Presidency, in that: 

4 The Constitution establishes three separate but equal 

5 branches of government: the legislative branch to make 

6 law, the executive branch to enforce these laws, and the 

7 judicial branch for judicial review of these laws and their 

8 enforcement. President Biden attempted to unilaterally re9 write Federal statute and cancel hundreds of billions of 

10 dollars of student loans for tens of millions of borrowers 

11 without congressional approval. President Biden himself 

12 had previously admitted it was Congress that would need 

13 to act, stating ‘‘I don’t think I have the authority’’ in re14 sponse to questioning over student loan forgiveness. Presi15 dent Biden later contradicted himself by directing his Sec16 retary of Education to deceptively reinterpret congres17 sional statute. These actions were unsupported in Con18 gress and ultimately overturned by the Supreme Court, 

19 as they explained in Biden v. Nebraska: 

20 Shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, 

21 Congress became concerned that borrowers affected by the 

22 crisis, particularly those who served in the military, would 

23 need additional assistance. As a result, it enacted the 

24 Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act 

25 of 2001. That law provided the Secretary of Education, 


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1 for a limited period of time, with ‘‘specific waiver authority 

2 to respond to conditions in the national emergency’’ 

3 caused by the September 11 attacks (115 Stat. 2386). 

4 Rather than allow this grant of authority to expire by its 

5 terms at the end of September 2003, Congress passed the 

6 Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act 

7 of 2003 (HEROES Act) (117 Stat. 904). That Act ex8 tended the coverage of the 2001 statute to include any 

9 war or national emergency, not just the September 11 at10 tacks. By its terms, the Secretary ‘‘may waive or modify 

11 any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to the stu12 dent financial assistance programs under title IV of the 

13 [Education Act] as the Secretary deems necessary in con14 nection with a war or other military operation or national 

15 emergency’’. 

16 Under the Government’s reading of the HEROES 

17 Act, the Secretary would enjoy virtually unlimited power 

18 to rewrite the Education Act. The economic and political 

19 significance of the Secretary’s action is staggering by any 

20 measure. A budget model issued by the Wharton School 

21 of the University of Pennsylvania estimates that the pro22 gram will cost taxpayers ‘‘between $469 billion and $519 

23 billion’’, depending on the total number of borrowers ulti24 mately covered. It amounts to nearly one-third of the Gov25 ernment’s $1.7 trillion in annual discretionary spending. 


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1 The sharp debates generated by the Secretary’s extraor2 dinary program stand in stark contrast to the unanimity 

3 with which Congress passed the HEROES Act. A decision 

4 of such magnitude and consequence on a matter of earnest 

5 and profound debate across the country must rest with 

6 Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear 

7 delegation from that representative body. 

8 As then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ex9 plained: ‘‘People think that the President of the United 

10 States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. 

11 He can postpone. He can delay. But he does not have that 

12 power. That has to be an act of Congress.’’. Press Con13 ference, Office of the Speaker of the House (July 28, 

14 2021). 

15 The Supreme Court has made it clear that unilateral 

16 debt cancellation must have congressional input. President 

17 Biden, once again, has ignored the Supreme Court. The 

18 new plan that was rolled out in a statement by the White 

19 House on April 8, 2024, would forgive over 30 million stu20 dents and would cost tens of billions of dollars, which will 

21 lead to higher inflation and less money in Americans’ 

22 pocketbooks. Additionally, it violates the Fiscal Responsi23 bility Act pay as you go requirement. 

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1 ical benefit. In so doing, President Biden used the powers 

2 of the Presidency in a manner that undermined the integ3 rity of the United States democratic process. He thus ig4 nored and injured the interests of the Nation. 

5 Wherefore President Biden, by such conduct, thus 

6 warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and 

7 disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, 

8 trust, or profit under the United States. 

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