Congress Turns Chaotic as Lawmakers Target Each Other

“Some House lawmakers want their colleagues punished, and it’s driving everyone else a little mad,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Members demanded a series of votes to censure or otherwise denounce colleagues this week, and one threatened an expulsion, all taking advantage of a House rule that allows any single lawmaker to get a vote on a privileged resolution. With the House back in town this month after 54 days out of session, interpersonal dramas and long-running feuds burst into the open, sometimes turning members against their own parties, and leadership was largely powerless to stop it.”