Punishment Factory

by | Dec 8, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives

Andrew Solender at Axios: Driving the news: The House voted 214-191 on Thursday to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) for pulling a Capitol Hill fire alarm ahead of a vote in September to head off a government shutdown. Just three Democrats joined Republicans in...

Resolutions to Censure Presidents

by | Aug 15, 2023 | Congress, Presidency

Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: Three factors contributed to this increase in censure resolutions over the last half century: the rise of the imperial presidency and the relative weakening of Congress; the frustration over the two-thirds, super-majority vote threshold...