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The House on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the New York Democrat who pleaded guilty last month to pulling a fire alarm allegedly to stall a GOP-led vote on a bill he and other party members opposed.
USA Today reported that the motion to censure was introduced by Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., against Bowman, who pulled the alarm in the Cannon Building in September.
“While the House was working tirelessly to avert a government shutdown, Representative Bowman was working nefariously to prevent a vote,” McClain said in a statement after she introduced the resolution.
“It is reprehensible that a Member of Congress would go to such lengths to prevent House Republicans from bringing forth a vote to keep the government operating and Americans receiving their paychecks. Especially from a former schoolteacher, who without a doubt understands the function and severity of pulling a fire alarm,” she added.
“Instead of being able to enter the chamber and hold an appropriate debate on critical legislation, House Members and their staff were forced to evacuate the…
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