A pair of congressional resolutions introduced yesterday highlight the political drama going on in Honduras these days.

One would “[c]ondem[] the violence in Honduras and call[] for the return of the duly elected President.” The other would “[e]xpress[] the support of the House of Representatives for the people of Honduras.”

You can’t have both.

Much of the reporting on the Honduras story reported the ouster of Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales from the presidency as a simple military coup. But it turns out that he had been taking steps to overturn the provisions of the Honduran constitution that prevent him from seeking office a second time. He was seeking to take Honduras down the road that Venezuela has been traveling, which the Washington Post, in this moderate editorial, calls a “lawless autocracy.”

H. Res. 620 calls the ouster of Zelaya a coup and calls for his return. H. Res. 619 cites the transgressions of Zelaya and calls for a legal and constitutional resolution to the impasse. They both can’t be right . . . .

Here’s the current vote on the two resolutions. Click to vote, comment, learn more, or edit the wiki articles about the bills.

Update: H. Res. 630 would condemning the “coup d’etat” in Honduras. Here’s the vote on that bill.