House condemns sitting senators and reps as seditious for urging military accountability.
H.Res. 932 — Denouncing dangerous and seditious rhetoric by Members of Congress and expressing condemnation of Senator Mark Kelly, Senator Elissa Slotkin, Representative Jason Crow, Representative Christopher Deluzio, Representative Maggie Goodlander, and Representative Chrissy Houlahan for attempting to sow disallegiance amongst members of the United States military and intelligence community and encouraging them to act against the Commander in Chief and President of the United States and violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice. · Filed by Ryan Zinke (R-MT) · 29 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This resolution condemns six Democratic members of Congress (Senators Kelly and Slotkin, Representatives Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, and Houlahan) for a November 2025 video in which they urged military and intelligence personnel to refuse orders they believe are unlawful. The resolution argues these members encouraged insubordination and disloyalty without providing evidence that any actual illegal orders were issued, and claims their rhetoric undermines the chain of command and national security.
Why we flagged it
This is a non-binding House resolution that condemns specific sitting members of Congress by name for their public statements. It has no legislative force—it does not change law, appropriate funds, or establish policy. Its sole function is to express the House majority's political disapproval of the named members' rhetoric.
What the text implies
- The resolution frames a constitutional debate (when military personnel may refuse orders) as sedition, potentially chilling legitimate discussion of military accountability and rule of law.
- By naming sitting members of Congress as seditious without legal charges or conviction, the resolution may normalize using legislative condemnation as a tool to attack political opponents rather than address policy.
- The resolution's assertion that the named members encouraged illegal conduct rests on the premise that no unlawful orders exist—a factual claim the resolution does not independently verify and that the named members dispute.
Who it affects
The resolution raises a genuine constitutional tension: citizens have an interest in military personnel refusing genuinely unlawful orders (a core rule-of-law principle), but also in a functioning chain of command. However, the resolution itself does not change law or policy—it is a non-binding condemnation. The underlying civic question (when may military personnel refuse orders?) remains unresolved and contested.
Named in the bill
U.S. House of Representatives, Senate, U.S. Military, Intelligence Community, Trump Administration, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), Senator Mark Kelly, Senator Elissa Slotkin, Representative Jason Crow, Representative Christopher Deluzio, Representative Maggie Goodlander, Representative Chrissy Houlahan — and 1 more
Where it stands
29 cosponsors: 29 Republicans.
- Dec 4, 2025 — Referred to House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent…”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 5, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
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As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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