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The House voted to kill a resolution that would have formally rebuked Representative Ilhan Omar and removed her from two committees. The motion to block the resolution passed by a single vote.
This vote was on a "motion to table" House Resolution 713, which proposed to censure Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The resolution sought to formally condemn Rep. Omar for comments made following a high-profile assassination and to remove her from the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on the Budget. A censure is one of the most serious public rebukes the House can issue against one of its own members. A "motion to table" is a procedural move used to kill a proposal immediately without a vote on its actual merits. In the House of Representatives, if a majority votes "yes" to table, the underlying bill or resolution is permanently set aside. This is a common way for a party to stop a controversial or opposing measure from moving forward without having to debate it. By passing this motion 214 to 213, the House effectively ended the effort to censure Rep. Omar. The vote was almost entirely along party lines, with Democrats voting to kill the resolution and Republicans voting to keep it alive. Because the motion passed, Rep. Omar retains her committee assignments and the House will not take further action on this specific resolution.
The resolution is effectively dead; no further votes or debate on this specific measure are scheduled.
OPEN BILL →Why it matters. This vote highlights the narrow partisan margins in the House, where a single absence or defection can determine the outcome of a major disciplinary proceeding.
Who’s affected. Representative Ilhan Omar: Maintains her committee seats and avoids a formal record of censure. · House Republican Leadership: Failed to advance a high-profile disciplinary measure against a political opponent due to the narrowest possible vote margin.
Democrats. Nearly all Democrats voted to table the resolution, successfully blocking the censure of their colleague.
Republicans. Republicans almost unanimously opposed the motion to table, attempting to force a direct vote on the censure.
On Motion to Table
Sep 17, 2025
The House voted to kill a resolution that would have formally rebuked Representative Ilhan Omar and removed her from two committees.
The motion to block the resolution passed by a single vote.
A motion to table is a tool used to permanently kill a proposal without having a direct vote on the proposal itself. If the motion passes, the matter is disposed of and cannot be brought back up easily.
The resolution is effectively dead; no further votes or debate on this specific measure are scheduled.
This vote highlights the narrow partisan margins in the House, where a single absence or defection can determine the outcome of a major disciplinary proceeding.
This was a strictly partisan vote where Democrats united to protect their member from a Republican-led disciplinary action, passing by the narrowest possible margin.
Nearly all Democrats voted to table the resolution, successfully blocking the censure of their colleague.
Republicans almost unanimously opposed the motion to table, attempting to force a direct vote on the censure.
The lone independent member voted against tabling the resolution.