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| https://walker.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/walker-introduces-resolution-force-senate-democrats-running-president | Walker Introduces Resolution to Force Senate Democrats Running for President to Recuse from Impeachment Hearings | 2019-12-05 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Republican | House | NC | Mark Walker | W000819 | walker.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Mark Walker (R-N.C.) today introduced a resolution with U.S. Representative Jason Smith (R-Mo.) to urge the U.S. Senate to change its rules to require any U.S. Senators running for President to recuse themselves from an impeachment trial. Unless it benefitted their fundraising or propped up their campaign issues page, the Senate Democrats running for President have ignored their day job and their constituents, Walker said. Suddenly returning to Washington in pursuit of their Spartacus moment' is an embarrassment to our standards of judicial impartiality and a poor excuse for public service. Every Senate Democrat who filed for President should recuse themselves from impeachment proceedings; they have devoted themselves to replacing Donald Trump at the ballot box and are incapable of rendering an impartial verdict in an impeachment trial. Currently, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) are seeking the Democratic nomination for President. Current U.S. Senate rules require the Vice-President to recuse himself from his position as President of the Senate during an impeachment trial due to a clear conflict of interest. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court assumes this role to ensure impartiality over impeachment trials. This resolution would hold U.S. Senators seeking election to become President. Just how the Founding Fathers understood the clear conflict of interests that the Vice President would have in an impeachment proceeding, there too exists a conflict of interest for a number of Senators who are trying to become their party's nominee and face Trump at the ballot box, Smith said. This resolution is about fairness. No Senator should participate in this trial when they are able to abuse their power in the United States Senate by attempting to remove their political opponent and help their own political ambitions. This resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Representatives Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Ron Wright (R-Texas), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) , Billy Long (R-Mo.), Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), Jodey Arrington (R-Texas.), Brian Babin (R-Texas), Scott DesJarlais (R-Iowa), Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C), Jody Hice (R-Ga.), Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Austin Scott (R-Ga.). Full text of the resolution can be found here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |