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'Beam In Thine Own Eye' - House Dem leaders reject harsher punishment for Steve King
[Politico] House Democratic leaders have quietly rejected a push by rank-and-file members to force a rare and potentially divisive vote on censuring Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), according to multiple Democratic sources.The House moved Wednesday to essentially shelve a grassroots attempt to further punish King for racist remarks that he made to the New York Times this month. If it had succeeded, King could have faced one of the most severe punishments that a lawmaker can receive. The two House Democrats who have led the charge to censure King ‐ Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) ‐ ultimately agreed not to force the vote, under pressure from some Democratic leaders who feared lasting consequences from the move. Their decision almost certainly means that the House will not take a formal vote to censure King, which has only happened a few dozen times in history. Instead, both Rush and Ryan say they are putting King on notice. "Obviously, it’s not what I want," Ryan said Wednesday about forgoing a vote on the censure motion. "The next time something like this happens, we’ll bring it out of committee, and I think we move to expel him at that point." Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-17 |
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