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Ohio: 93–44 [9] Insulting the Speaker of the House. 1842 Joshua Giddings: Whig: 125–69 Introducing an anti-slavery resolution deemed to be incendiary, and violation of the gag rule prohibiting discussion of slavery. 1856 Laurence M. Keitt: Democratic: South Carolina: 106–96 Assisting in the caning of Charles Sumner. 1864 Benjamin G ...
According to people in the room at the time, Trump was referring to people from Haiti and African nations coming to the United States. The censure motion failed to reach any legislative action. [28] This comment was alleged to have been made on January 11, 2018, in an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers regarding immigration. [29]
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."
Censure and reprimand are somewhat similar, and they were often used interchangeably until the 1970s. The House has censured members 25 times and issued 11 reprimands.
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The United States Constitution gives the Senate the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. [1] This is distinct from the power over impeachment trials and convictions that the Senate has over executive and judicial federal officials: the Senate ruled in 1798 that senators could not be impeached, but only expelled, while debating the impeachment trial of William Blount, who had already ...
House members voted again Thursday to punish one of their own, targeting Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in one of the U.S. Capitol office buildings in September when the ...