Overview
- Lawmakers approved Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s resolution 285–98, declaring Congress opposes implementing socialist policies in the United States.
- The measure catalogs atrocities under regimes led by Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Pol Pot, the Kims, Ortega, Chávez and Maduro, framing socialism as leading to dictatorship and famine.
- Eighty-six Democrats voted yes, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, while prominent progressives such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi voted no.
- Critics called the vote a symbolic ‘gotcha’ with broad language they say conflates authoritarian abuses with domestic social programs; the resolution does not change policy.
- Hours later in the Oval Office, Zohran Mamdani said he “focuses very little on resolutions” and emphasized affordability priorities, as President Trump predicted a civil meeting and signaled willingness to help New York.