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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Expelling Bob Menendez from the Senate

After a jury convicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) of 16 charges in a nine-week corruption trial, the senator and his New Jersey congressional colleagues called on him to resign. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, was one of the first lawmakers to react to the ruling on Tuesday, calling on his fellow Democrats to […]

No, expelling George Santos didn’t set a bad precedent

Shortly after the now-ousted George Santos became president, the media presented a trove of evidence that he had lied about nearly every aspect of his private life during the campaign. Santos said she was a star volleyball player, a graduate of Baruch College, an employee of Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, is Jewish, and lost family […]

House Slaps Convicted Jamaal Bowman on Wrist Days After Expelling George Santos

The House of Representatives condemned Rep. Jamaal Bowman (214-191) weeks after pleading guilty to setting off a fire alarm inside a government building in an attempt to delay a critical government funding vote. A total of five members, four Democrats and one Republican, voted present. A censure is essentially a formal reprimand from the House […]

Two Democrats bucked their party and voted against expelling George Santos from Congress

New York Republican Rep. George Santos was expelled from the House in a historic vote Friday, with four Democrats voting “in attendance” or against the controversial congressman’s removal from Congress. Ta. Santos’ fate was sealed when 311 members of the House of Representatives voted in favor of expelling him, and 114 voted against. The tally […]

I Favor Expelling George Santos if He Doesn’t Resign Before Thanksgiving

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Andrea Mitchell Report” that a House Ethics Committee report found Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) misused campaign funds. In response to the revelation, he said he is now in favor of expelling the lawmaker. Mitchell said, “You weren’t in favor of expulsion before. Do you have this […]