Scoop: Exasperated House members want to make it harder to censure each other

House members in both parties are groaning about what they say is the out of control use of censure as a partisan tool — with one member even floating a proposal to raise the threshold for censuring his colleagues.

Why it matters: Censure was once the gravest rebuke the House could give to its members short of expulsion, but its use has exploded in recent years and it has become little more than a slap on the wrist. • "I am in camp 'shut this shit down,'" Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) told Axios of the growing use of censure. "We'll spend the next year censuring each other. It's bullshit. We need due process." • House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Axios he is "open" to a discussion about raising the threshold. • "We don't want this to become commonplace," Johnson said. "It should be