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The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) [1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history. Three of those six were expelled in 1861 for joining the Confederate States of America. [2]
Expulsion is the most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a member of Congress. [1] The United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2) provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member."
Expelled members of the United States Congress (2 C, 1 P) B. ... List of United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded; C. Cho Kuk
The other House member to be expelled since the Civil War, James Traficant Jr., an Ohio Democrat, was removed from office after being convicted in a bribery and racketeering scandal in 2002 ...
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List of current members of the United States House of Representatives; List of former members of the United States House of Representatives; List of members-elect of the United States House of Representatives who never took their seats; List of United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded
If he is ousted, the New York Republican would become just the third lawmaker since the Civil War to be expelled from the House of Representatives. House votes to expel indicted Rep. George Santos ...
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