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House barrels toward rare double expulsion votes

Axios·Kate Santaliz,Andrew Solender·about 1 month ago
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Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) and Cory Mills (R-Fla.) are next in line this week for the House's wave of expulsion votes. Why it matters: The two Florida lawmakers could become the seventh and eighth members to ever be expelled from Congress. Cherfilus-McCormick was found guilty by the Ethics Committee on a litany of charges, most notably for funneling $5 million in COVID relief funds to her congressional campaign. She has denied wrongdoing. Mills faces allegations including financial misconduct, campaign finance violations and sexual misconduct, all of which he denies. Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) resigned last week ahead of imminent expulsion votes over alleged sexual misconduct. Both denied the allegations. Zoom in : Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) signaled support last week for Greg Steube's (R-Fla.) plan to introduce a resolution Tuesday to expel Cherfilus-McCormick — after the House Ethics Committee makes its disciplinary recommendations.…

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