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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 (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.
But I’m still having problems with due process.” Ultimately, Cleaver and 311 members voted to expel Santos on Friday, making him just the sixth member, and first Republican, to be kicked out ...
Dec. 1—In a bipartisan vote on Friday, the House of Representatives expelled Rep. George Santos, a New York Republican whose alleged lies and ethics violations made him the first lawmaker kicked ...
Another New York Democrat, former Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., never resigned, but his colleagues refused to seat him, a process known as exclusion, in 1967. Powell won the next election and the ...
McCarthy's removal marked the first time in American history that a speaker of the House was removed through a motion to vacate. The vacancy started a process to elect a speaker that began following an eight-day recess. In the 118th Congress, the 2022 elections formed a narrow
George Santos set to become only third Member of Congress to be expelled since 1861, Gustaf Kilander writes Bribes, treason and hay bales: The scattered history of expulsions from Congress Skip to ...
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