The House has censured Rep. Jamaal Bowman, 214-191, weeks after he pleaded guilty to pulling a fire alarm in a government building, allegedly to delay a critical government funding vote.
Five members — four Democrats and one Republican — voted present.
Censure essentially is an official rebuke from the House but carries little other punishment.
The slap on the wrist for Bowman comes less than a week after the House expelled Rep. George Santos (R-NY) after a House Ethics Committee investigation report found he had knowingly filed false reports with the Federal Election Commission, used campaign funds for personal purposes, including subscriptions to OnlyFans and botox treatments, and willfully violated ethics laws as it relates to his Financial Disclosure (FD) Statements filed with the House.
Yet Santos has not been convicted of a crime and has pleaded not guilty. He received a much harsher punishment — the most severe the House possesses — than Bowman, who pleaded guilty to a crime.
George Santos of New York, a newly elected member of Congress, has seen a mounting pile of legal woes since it was revealed that he fabricated major parts of his resume (Mandel NGAN/AFP/Getty Images).
In September, Bowman pulled