Resolution Honoring Law Enforcement

173 House Democrats refuse to back resolution honoring law enforcement as officer assaults hit decade high

A GOP-authored House resolution paying tribute to law enforcement officers passed Wednesday with bipartisan support, but 173 House Democrats voted against it, even as an FBI report released days earlier showed assaults on officers had climbed to a 10-year high.

Every Republican lawmaker present voted yes. Just 29 Democrats crossed the aisle to join them. The rest of the Democratic caucus, led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, voted no, turning what the resolution's author expected to be a unanimous show of gratitude into a stark partisan divide over policing in America.

The vote landed during National Police Week, the same week officers gathered on the National Mall to honor 109 colleagues who died in the line of duty in 2025.

It also came two days after the FBI published data showing that while officer deaths dipped slightly between 2024 and 2025, assaults against law enforcement climbed to levels not seen in a decade.

"Whereas rhetoric and policies from leftist activists and progressive politicians seek to defund or dismantle local police departments undermine public safety and place both officers and the communities they serve at greater risk."

That language, naming "leftist activists and progressive politicians" as threats to public safety, apparently proved too much for the overwhelming majority of Democrats. It also credited the Trump administration's policies with contributing to the crime decline, a framing Democrats were unwilling to endorse.

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