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Nancy Mace's bid to censure fellow GOP Rep. Cory Mills fails
Rep. Nancy Mace accused Rep. Cory Mills of stolen valor and assaults, but the House rejected her resolution to censure him and remove him from committees.
- Wednesday, Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a censure resolution targeting Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., but the bid to remove him from the House Armed Services Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee failed on the U.S. House floor Wednesday night.
- Mace cited credible accusations that Rep. Cory Mills misrepresented his military service and faced allegations from women who came forward, filing a privileged resolution urging Speaker Mike Johnson to act.
- A congressional watchdog report found Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., may have misrepresented campaign disclosures and held federal contracts while the House Ethics Committee investigates alleged violations as Mills denied wrongdoing.
- The risk of reciprocal censures heightened intra-party tensions as House Democrats threatened retaliatory action Tuesday after Republicans sought to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., whose effort failed with three House Republicans voting no and three present.
- Mills' Bronze Star award is central to the controversy, as Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., received the 2021 Bronze Star for 2003 Iraq service, and the dispute could affect House Armed Services Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee oversight.
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House Votes to Send Resolution to Censure Rep. Cory Mills Back to Committee
(The Epoch Times)—The U.S. House of Representatives voted Nov. 19 to table a resolution to censure Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) for a litany of alleged ethical violations. The resolution, brought by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), was referred back to committee in a split vote, with more than 100 Democrats joining Republicans to recommit the measure in a 310 to 103 vote. Twelve lawmakers voted present. Mills brought the motion to recommit, and said in his…
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