All posts tagged "Censure"

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to regain control of the House floor Thursday as some Democrats protested the censure of Rep. Al Green (D-TX) by singing, "We Shall Overcome."

The House adopted the measure with a 224-198-2 vote. Ten Democrats voted with Republican lawmakers to censure Green for his outburst during President Donald Trump's address to Congress Tuesday night. Green was removed from the chamber at the time so Trump could continue his address.

After being ejected, Green told reporters, "I'll accept the punishment, but it's worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president's desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security."...

She tried to censure and it came up short.

Now she's shaming the names who didn't vote in favor.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) had willed a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for her attendance of a protest opposing the war in Gaza. ...

WASHINGTON – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is a lot of things, but she’s not a “normal” congresswoman on Capitol Hill.

Normalized by House Republican leaders this session, sure.

But not the norm. ...

A House GOP resolution seeking to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for supposedly making false statements about former President Donald Trump's association with Russia in 2016 ended in defeat this week as 20 Republican representatives voted with Democrats to sink the measure.

One of the resolution's key proponents, freshman Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), vowed to try again on Twitter. "20 Republicans voted against the recommended fine, censure, and investigation of Schiff," she wrote. "I don’t think they read the bill in entirety. Next week, we will be filing a motion to censure and investigate Schiff. We are removing fine as that seems to be what made these Republicans uneasy."

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), however, quickly smacked her down — and pointed out there's no evidence Schiff lied about the Russia affair in the first place....