For just the sixth time in its 234-year-old history, the House of Representatives expelled a member.
For the sixth time in U.S. history, the 234-year-old House of Representatives expelled a member, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), on Dec. 1.
The final vote on the resolution, introduced by House Ethics Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) to send Mr. Santos packing was 310-115 with two voting “present,” fulfilling the two-thirds requirement for the measure.
105 Republicans joined 206 Democrats in favor of the expulsion, while two Democrats, Reps. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.), joined 112 Republicans in voting against the resolution.
“They just set a new dangerous precedent,” a defiant-looking Mr. Santos told reporters as he was leaving the House chamber, for perhaps the last time.
Ahead of the vote, the New York congressman appeared resigned to his fate, saying he knew there were enough votes for his ouster.
“I’ve accepted the fate,” he told Fox News. “If it’s God’s will to keep me here, I will stay, and if it is his will to leave, I will leave. And I will do so graciously.”
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