H.Res. 174 is an impeachment resolution against U.S. District Judge Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali of Washington, D.C., filed by Representatives Ogles and Gill of Texas on February 27, 2025. The resolution charges that Judge Ali committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" by issuing a temporary restraining order that blocked the Trump administration from pausing foreign aid funds under Executive Order 14169, which the resolution argues violated the President's constitutional authority over foreign policy. The impeachment article specifically contends that Judge Ali's order to immediately disburse the paused funds was arbitrary and capricious, failed to consider concerns about USAID's past failures in preventing terrorist financing, and demonstrates a fundamental lack of constitutional understanding. This resolution—which would need to pass the House and then go to the Senate for a trial—targets one federal judge and involves no separate funding or implementation timeline beyond the standard impeachment process.
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