Last week, Rep. George Santos was arrested. This week, the New York Republican is facing an expulsion vote. (via MaddowBlog)
Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia introduced a resolution Tuesday to expel indicted Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress. The resolution is privileged, meaning the Republican-controlled House must bring it up in the next two days.
The good news for the freshman New York lawmaker is that the threshold for expulsion is quite high: While most House votes are majority rule, Garcia’s resolution will need a two-thirds majority to pass. That’s a high hurdle: If every House Democrat supports the measure, they’ll need roughly a third of the House Republican conference to go along in order to kick Santos out.
“I would like to refer this to Ethics. I’ll have a conversation with Hakeem. I would like the ethics committee to move rapidly on this,”In case anyone needs a reminder, it was two months ago when the House Ethics Committeethat it would examine Santos’ scandals, but that process can take a long while. The House speaker seemed to suggest yesterday that he’s prepared to lean on the panel for some kind of expedited review.
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