Talk:List of United States representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded/Archive 1

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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Where is Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. on this list? His case may be difficult to classify, but it should be included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.58.41.92 (talk) 15:13, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I agree, but a separate section should be made for "excluded" Representative-elects. Which is Powell's case. 70.119.189.243 (talk) 20:18, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

I added the new section and added Powell. 70.119.189.243 (talk) 20:32, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Charles Rangel

H.R. 1737, Censuring Charles Rangel has been filed on the Floor of the House of Representatives and he could be formally censured as early as today. 70.119.189.243 (talk) 15:25, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Rep. Brown of Florida

I have removed from the listing the reference to Rep. Corinne Brown of Florida in 2004. In the incident referred to, words spoken by Rep. Brown were "taken down" at the demand of a Member, the Chair ruled that the words were unparliamentary, and the House laid an appeal from a decision of the Chair on the table. (The House then, by unanimous consent, granted leave to Rep. Brown to proceed in order for the balance of the day.) Incidents of "words taken down" typically occur several times each Congress and are not considered a disciplinary action; certainly no others are listed in this chart. Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:30, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Rep. Wilson of South Carolina

I am not sure whether the 2009 incident involving Rep. Wilson of South Carolina is properly included in this chart. While the House adopted a resolution disapproving of Rep. Wilson's conduct, the resolution was directly offered on the floor by a member of the House leadership, did not originate (or have any connection with) the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and was not a disciplinary action in the same sense as most of the other incidents listed. On the other hand, this incident may deserve to be mentioned somewhere on the page, as the House resolution certainly was critical of Rep. Wilson. Thoughts? Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:32, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

stripped of committee

Does it make sense to add a section about "Stripping of committee assignments"?

In the practical sense, being stripped of your committee is much worse then censure.

Does it make sense to add that as a list?

--Patbahn (talk) 15:22, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

@Patbahn: An issue is that removing a Member from a Committee is typically an action taken informally by a party leadership, rather than by a resolution of the House. Also, we must distinguish between removal of seniority on a committee, which happens with some frequency (for example, a Member must give up a chairmanship or rankingship if indicted), and removal of membership on the committee, which is much more rare. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 15:36, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

I thought it's nominally a vote of the caucus. Granted Leadership more or less decides 'We are stripping X of this committee' but it's a caucus vote. Granted most caucus rules give supervotes to the leadership members,

but, the caucus has to do it formally. It's both a protection for the party (i.e. Rep Jefferson getting stripped of membership on ways and means when he was indicted) and a political embarassment ( Sen Craig getting stripped of his subcommittee when it turned out some months before he had been arrested for perving in a bathroom) or just as a way of keeping troublesome members in line ( Jim Traficant, certain House Tea-Party caucus).... The issue of getting stripped of committee is one that shows when leadership doesn't like a member but their conduct hasn't risen to the level where the members as a whole disapprove...

--Patbahn (talk) 23:10, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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Marjorie Taylor Green, Steve King, et. al

Where do members that have been removed from committees seats, either by party leadership by their own party or by vote of the full House? I believe that, especially a vote by the whole House, constitutes disciplinary action against a member. Tea or poison? (talk) 01:33, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Just saw the other discussion on committee removal, but I believe the discussion regarding votes of the whole House still is relevant. Tea or poison? (talk) 01:34, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Daniel Flood

Should Daniel Flood be on this list? I do not locate any confirmation that he was actually censured by the House before his resignation in 1980. His New York Times obituary makes no mention of a censure vote, either. I find that a House ethics committee delivered a report about his criminal cases after Flood resigned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:8C0:8100:2690:AC80:E2AE:1A8:B931 (talk) 16:22, 20 November 2021 (UTC)