Here’s who has been censured by the House

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) became the latest member to be censured by the House on Thursday, adding him to a list of members disciplined by their peers. The vote made Green the 28th member of the House to be censured. The censure process shows the House’s “deep disapproval” of another member’s conduct. Once censured, the...

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Here’s who has been censured by the House

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) became the latest member to be censured by the House on Thursday, adding him to a list of members disciplined by their peers.

The vote made Green the 28th member of the House to be censured.

The censure process shows the House’s “deep disapproval” of another member’s conduct. Once censured, the member must stand in the “well” area of the House floor and essentially be publicly humiliated as the Speaker reads the charges.

It's one of the more severe punishments in the House, worse than a reprimand but not as severe as an expulsion.

The censure resolution was first used in 1832. It's use has picked up in recent years amid partisan fights between Democrats and Republicans.

Green was censured after he shouted at President Trump during his joint address to Congress on Tuesday evening. Green stood and shouted, pushing back on Trump’s idea that the election gave him “a mandate.”

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ordered audience members to maintain decorum. When Green continued to speak, Johnson asked the sergeant-at-arms to “restore order” by kicking the Texas Democrat out of the chamber.

Lawmakers raced on Wednesday to issue a censure against Green and members of the House held a vote on Thursday, officially censuring him. Ten Democrats voted with Republicans in favor of the censure resolution, which said his action was a “breach of proper conduct.”

Here are the other lawmakers who have been disciplined:

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.)

Brown was censured in Dec. 2023 after he pulled the fire alarm in one of the Capitol office buildings under non-emergency circumstances.

The Cannon House Office Building was forced to evacuate which delayed the vote on the government funding bill.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)

Tlaib was censured for criticizing Israel for its counteroffensive against Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack.

It was part of a weeks-long effort to punish Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress. She was critical of Israel’s destruction in Gaza and killing of the Palestinian people.

Former Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)

Schiff, who is now a senator, was censured for his efforts and outspoken criticism of President Trump.

Schiff emerged as an unrelenting critic of Trump and later led the president’s first impeachment inquiry.

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)

Gosar was censured for posting a manipulated video online that showed him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and attacking former President Biden.

He was also removed from the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the House Natural Resource Committee.

Former Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.)

Rangel, a 40 year veteran of the House and beloved member, was censured in 2010 for the misuse of financial funds and violating ethics rules. He was the first member to censured since 1983.

Before Rangel's censure vote, the House hadn't had such a vote in nearly three decades.

Former Rep. Dan Crane (R-Ill.): 1983

Former Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Mass.): 1983

Former Rep. Charles Wilson (D-Calif.): 1980

Former Rep. Charles Diggs (D-Mich.): 1979

Former Rep. Thomas Blanton (D-Texas): 1921

Former Rep. William Bynum (D-Ind.): 1890

Former Rep. John Brown (D-Kent.): 1875

Former Rep. James Brooks (D-N.Y.): 1873

Former Rep. Oakes Ames (R-Mass.): 1873

Former Rep Roderick Butler (R-Tenn.): 1870

Former Rep. John DeWeese (D-N.C.): 1870