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An effort to further punish Rep. Steve King for racist comments fizzled Wednesday when the chamber voted to instead refer Kings case to the House Ethics Committee.
On a voice vote, the House referred a censure resolution from Rep. Bobby Rush to the Ethics Committee, instead of censuring him directly.
Rush did not waive the reading of the resolution, as is typical. The House Clerk read the full text of the measure aloud, which includes examples of Kings controversial language and actions.
I think he definitely dodged a bullet here, said Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, who had proposed his own censure resolution to admonish King.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-effort-on-steve-king-censure-fizzles/ar-BBSlsKQ?li=BBnb7Kz
Freethinker65
(10,116 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Perhaps this is a temporary delay.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,485 posts)It's the only committee run that way.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But given that the GOP leadership has removed King from his assignments, we can hope that they will vote for a motion of censure or, even better, a motion to remove.