The House voted to have the Ethics Committee consider a measure to expel George Santos — so he won’t be getting kicked out anytime soon.
George SantosThe House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to send a resolution to expel the freshman congressman to the chamber’s Ethics Committee, allowing Republicans to avoid weighing in on a vote on Santos’s fate.advised
its caucus to reject the measure. Seven Democrats, however, voted “present,” including four members who serve on the Ethics Committee. The resolution was put forward by Robert Garcia, a Democratic congressman from California. Garcia first introduced the measure in February but moved to force a floor vote on the resolution in light of theA vote to expel a member of Congress would require a two-thirds majority, meaning Democrats would need the unlikely support of several Republicans in order to kick Santos out. Expulsions are also incredibly rare.
On Tuesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy indicated his support for letting the Ethics Committee look into Santos rather than holding a vote to expel him, saying there needs to be a “process.” “I think we can look at this very quickly and come to a conclusion on what George Santos did and did not do through Ethics,” McCarthyMcCarthy has been relatively
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