Objecting to the conduct of the President of the United States.

Bill: 115-hres-456
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Corporate finance and management
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial services and investments
First Amendment rights
Florida
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Members of Congress
New Jersey
News media and reporting
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Subversive activities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 
Declares that the House of Representatives has no confidence that President Trump is faithfully executing the office of President.
 
Calls for President Trump to:
 
 
 release his tax returns; 
 
 place his private business assets in a blind trust or divest from them;
 
 donate to the U.S. Treasury any personal profit from foreign patronage of hotels in which he has an ownership interest; 
 
 refrain from taking any action that results in taxpayer money being spent on goods or services from businesses in which he has an ownership interest;
 
 seek congressional consent for any emoluments he has received from foreign countries; 
 
 refrain from using Twitter inappropriately; 
 
 support the First Amendment, support freedom of the press, refrain from calling reporting &quot;fake news,&quot; refrain from posting video of himself wrestling with a press logo, and stop limiting full electronic press access to White House press briefings; 
 
 promote democracy, freedom of the press, and human rights in foreign policy; 
 
 unequivocally acknowledge that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and work to protect our electoral process from future foreign interference; 
 
 refuse any offer to form a cybersecurity unit with the Russian government to protect the United States from election hacking; 
 
 respect the independence of our nation's judicial branch; 
 
 respect Members of Congress and refrain from using derogatory nicknames for them; and 
 
 conduct foreign policy in a manner that reflects the U.S. traditional role as leader of the free world. 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House