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Making an outburst towards President Barack Obama during a speech to a joint session of Congress. [25] [26] 2012 Laura Richardson: Democratic: California: Voice vote Compelling her congressional office staff to work for her 2010 election campaign and perform personal errands; also fined $10,000. [27] [28] 2020 David Schweikert: Republican: Arizona
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 ...
Ultimately, Cleaver and 311 members voted to expel Santos on Friday, making him just the sixth member, and first Republican, to be kicked out of the House. A quiet settled over the chamber when ...
Republican Rep. Ken Buck will resign from Congress at the end of next week, ... 85 days out would be June 15, so it’s possible that Democratic Gov. Jared Polis could schedule the election on the ...
Iowa's members of Congress were among the 311 representatives who voted Friday to expel U.S. Rep. George Santos from Congress. Here's what they said.
During the speakership election for the 118th Congress, McCarthy faced significant opposition within the Republican Conference from the Freedom Caucus, who saw him as untrustworthy and insufficiently conservative. After fifteen rounds of voting, McCarthy was elected speaker, conceding to his opponents by allowing any representative to file a ...
It almost seems to be harder to get kicked out of Congress than it is to get elected in the first place. There’s been no shortage of scoundrels elected to the House and Senate, but only an ...
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."