House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations

CNN ^ | 6/21/23 | Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson,

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The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, a key lawmaker in Democrats’ congressional investigations into former President Donald Trump during his presidency.

The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.

As part of the censure procedure, Schiff stood in the well of the House floor, while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy repeatedly tried to read a brief rule about censure. Schiff was joined by his Democratic colleagues on the House floor who loudly cheered him on and repeatedly interrupted McCarthy.

The effort to censure Schiff, who is running for a US Senate seat in California, cleared a key procedural obstacle earlier Wednesday afternoon after a vote to kill the legislation failed.

[EliRoom8]

A letter writer to the Daily Caller wrote the following:

If Henry Rodgers (author of article) did his homework, he would have learned that 5 of the 6 that voted Present are on the ethics committee who will be doing the ethics investigation into Schiff, which is the next step in the process. It will be that committee who will determine Schiff's fate in the House. That is why they voted Present to avoid the appearance of bias during the investigation. Only Buck does not serve on the ethics committee, so one has to ask why he voted that way. Mr. Rodgers should issue an apology to readers for inferring their Present votes were helpful to Schiff as if they were the same as no votes. The resolution passed on just 213 yeas vs. 209 nays. Their Present votes did not jeopardize the resolutions passage.

If I was in their unique position, I'd probably vote the same.

[Gene Eric]

thank you!