Maybe it’s just pent-up negative energy from the long government shutdown, but since the U.S. House has been back in session our lawmakers have spent a lot of time formally rebuking each other. Last week, a resolution “reprimanding” Illinois Democrat Chuy Garcia for a shady-looking succession scheme narrowly passed. Yesterday the House deflected a censure motion aimed at Florida Republican Cory Mills for various acts of personal misconduct, referring it to the Ethics Committee. And there was more, as Axios reports :

Four censure resolutions have been floated in the last two days — including multiple [measures] against Mills.

The House narrowly voted down a Republican censure resolution on Tuesday targeting Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands) for texting with Jeffrey Epst

See Full Page