Is it not the obligation to pursue a life at peace with itself? —Tim O'Brien,Going After Cacciato, 1978 Censures in the U.S. government are not pursued lightly. Andrew Jackson was the first President to be censured by the U.S. Senate in 1834, for what was perceived as an abuse o...
“Hawley should be censured by his Senate colleagues for his actions which haveundermined a peaceful transition of power and for provoking yesterday’s riots in ournation’s capital. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to protect our country andits Constitutional underpinnings.” ...
Adopting or defending it can be costly for public figures, such as U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who was censured by the House on Tuesday. But like so much of the Mideast conflict, what the phrase means depends on who is telling the story — and which audience is hearing it. RELATED...
He said the alarm went off by accident when he tried to open a locked door while trying to vote, but Bowman was censured by his colleagues in the House. But neither of those factors had as much impact, his congressional allies say, as the nearly $15 million the American Israel...
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Jamaal Bowman first ran for Congress, he chastised his opponent — a 16-term Democratic congressman who chaired a powerful House committee — as disconnected from his suburban New York district and too focused on foreign policy.
Censure in the Senate is a form of public condemnation of a sitting senator for conduct unbecoming of senatorial traditions.
“It’s a clear indication that the Democratic Party has moved toward wanting common sense solutions, common sense governance and wants to favor those candidates, rather than those from the extreme.” But progressives are warning that Bowman's defeat sho...
It was not until recently that the story actually broke, yet congress did nothing until the landslide congressional election that turned the House back in Republican hands did congress finally act. Charles Rangel was censured, but not forced to resign. It was also reported that he used campaign...