Topic: Ethics/Investigations
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Ethics/Investigations

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The U.S. House of Representatives can censure a member and remove that member from committee assignments through a floor vote.
high procedural
Describes a durable House disciplinary power and its consequence.
Members of one party in the U.S. House have used or threatened censure and committee-removal measures as retaliatory tactics against disciplinary efforts by the opposing party.
medium behavioral
Describes a recurring partisan tactic observed in congressional disciplinary disputes.