The House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday to establish an investigative subcommittee to examine allegations that Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills broke campaign finance law and engaged in sexual misconduct and dating violence. The significant step by the panel came ahead of a vote Wednesday night on GOP Rep. Nancy Mace's measure that would have censured Mills and removed him from his House committee assignments. Ultimately, the House voted 310-103 to refer the censure resolution against Mills to the House Ethics Committee -- preventing the lower chamber from having to weigh in on publicly rebuking the congressman. A dramatic scene played out on the House floor when the clerk read Mace's censure resolution out loud on the floor. Mace -- who was standing just a few feet away from Mills --
'You're a disgrace': Dramatic scene as House avoids Rep. Cory Mills censure vote
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