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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."
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 ...
The U.S. Senate has developed procedures for taking disciplinary action against senators through such measures as formal censure or actual expulsion from the Senate. The Senate has two basic forms of punishment available to it: expulsion, which requires a two-thirds vote; or censure, which requires a majority vote. [30]
The Senate process for expulsion is quite murky and no senator has actually been expelled since the Civil War. In 1995, Bob Packwood, the Oregon Republican accused of serial sexual harassment ...
Since 1789, the Senate has expelled only 15 members, 14 of them for their role in the Confederacy. The last expulsion occurred in 1862, when a group of senators were removed for supporting the ...
Senate Democrats tell Menendez to ‘resign or face expulsion’ after guilty verdict ... the Senate has expelled only 15 members, with 14 of them ousted from the Senate for their role in the ...
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.
If the House of Representatives votes to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress, he would join the rare club of members booted from the lower chamber.. Expulsions from the House are so ...