Rep. Paul Gosar is set to become the first member to be censured by the House in more than 10 years.
House Democrats are planning to vote Wednesday to censure and strip of committee assignments a Republican member of Congress who shared a violent animated video of himself killing a Democratic colleague.
A censure is a public rebuke of a member’s misconduct. The action is more severe than a reprimand but not as serious as expulsion. A censure resolution is approved by a majority vote and requires the censured member to stand in the well of the House as Speaker Nancy Pelosi or the presiding officer of the chamber reads theGosar serves on two panels, the Oversight and Reform Committee and the Natural Resources Committee.
He also criticized McCarthy for his “public silence and inaction,” lamenting that a “stern private call here is not going to cut it.” Republicans also warned that Democrats’ second action against a GOP member could come back to haunt them if Republicans regain control of the House next November and decide to take similar steps against Democrats.
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