Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to media at the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, on Thursday. Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/AP

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are now pushing to make the censure process more difficult after the House weighed three separate complaints against sitting members this week.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he is “very interested in raising the threshold” of votes to censure a member, expressing support for a bipartisan proposal to raise the threshold from a simple majority to 60% of the House.

“I think censure is an extraordinary remedy, extraordinary cases, it should be used sparingly, as it has been over the history of this institution,” Johnson said.

US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in

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