Washington — House Republicans are moving to punish Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas after he heckled President Trump on Tuesday during his address to a joint session of Congress. Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington introduced a resolution on Wednesday to censure Green for the disruption. Newhouse is one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Mr. Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Main Idea: House Republicans are moving to censure Rep. Al Green after he disrupted President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress.
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House censure fights can deepen partisan anger and distract lawmakers from issues like Medicaid, taxes, and jobs that affect households and workers.
The dispute may force a public debate on congressional rules and on how Trump’s policy plans could affect patients and taxpayers.
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Primary subject of the article; he heckled President Trump, was removed from the chamber, and faces censure.
Introduced the censure resolution and led the House action against Representative Al Green.
The chamber is taking concrete action on the censure resolution and debated the attempt to kill it.
Took immediate action to restore order and publicly called for Green to be censured.
Central to the incident that triggered the censure effort; Green disrupted his joint session address.
Its members voted to kill the resolution in a party-line vote and are part of the political response.
Announced it would introduce its own resolution to censure Green, but is secondary to the main House action.
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Sign in to commentIts members opposed the effort to kill the resolution and are driving the censure move.
Carried out the removal of Green from the chamber, a direct procedural action.