Quite a Week for the House

Quite a Week for the House

“The lower chamber returned Monday for its first full week of work since mid-September. And what a week it was,” Punchbowl News reports. Axios: “The House of Representatives had, by any reasonable standard, an absolutely insane week — marked by censure votes, indictments and a literal fire at the U.S. Capitol complex — as lawmakers returned from their seven-week absence.” “To cap it off, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), one of the chamber’s b…

What to Know About This Week’s Flurry of House Censure Fights

The House is back in business after a long absence during the shutdown. But since lawmakers returned to the Capitol, they have spent much of their time litigating efforts to punish members of the chamber rather than legislating. Just this week, there have been multiple votes on measures to censure multiple lawmakers. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Censures, a means of formally reprimanding a lawmaker without going so far as to expel them, have…

Censures, indictments and a fire: The House returned after weeks and everything blew up

The House of Representatives had, by any reasonable standard, an absolutely insane week — marked by censure votes, indictments and a literal fire at the U.S. Capitol complex — as lawmakers returned from their seven-week absence. To cap it off, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), one of the…