Paul Gosar of Arizona was censured in 2021 for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. The House has only censured two other lawmakers in the last 20 years.
“Representative Schiff purposely deceived his Committee, Congress, and the American people,” the resolution said. Both investigations concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election but neither found evidence of a criminal conspiracy. The revised resolution says Schiff held positions of power during Trump’s presidency and “abused this trust by saying there was evidence of collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia.” Schiff was one of the most outspoken critics of the former president as both the Justice Department and the Republican-led House launched investigations into Trump’s ties to Russia in 2017. The final vote on Wednesday was 213-209 along party lines, with a handful of members voting present. Several of the Republicans who voted against the resolution last week said they opposed fining a member of Congress in that manner. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, removed a provision that could have fined Schiff $16 million if the House Ethics Committee determined he lied. More than 20 Republicans voted with Democrats last week to block the censure resolution, but they changed their votes this week after the measure’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Soon after taking back the majority this year, Republicans blocked him from sitting on the intelligence panel. Schiff, the former Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and the lead prosecutor in Trump’s first impeachment trial, has long been a top Republican political target. “Censure all of us,” one Democrat yelled. When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy started to read the resolution out loud, as is tradition after a censure, Democrats heckled him to the point that he stopped and gave up, leaving the chamber. They chanted “No!,” “Shame!” and “Adam! Adam!” Dozens of Democrats crowded to the front, clapping and cheering for Schiff and patting him on the back. When it was time for Schiff to come to the front of the chamber to be formally censured, immediately after the vote, the normally solemn ceremony turned into more of a celebratory atmosphere. “I will not yield,” Schiff, who is running for the Senate in his home state, said during debate over the measure.
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