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Nov 30 2023
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Facing Expulsion Vote, Santos Moves To Remove Bowman From House
Rep. George Santos (R-NY) moved on Thursday to force a House vote to expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) for pulling a fire alarm in a congressional office building as Santos himself faces an expulsion vote this week. Santos filed his resolution as “privileged,” compelling the chamber to act within two legislative days, though Santos may already be removed from the House by that deadline and there
The Daily WireJun 02 2023
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No longer Fort Bragg: Fort Liberty becomes Army's most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
FORT LIBERTY (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The change was the most prominent in a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename military
Salisbury PostJun 02 2023
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Fort Bragg Renamed Fort Liberty to Erase Confederate Namesake
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The change was part of a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename military installations that had been named after
Newsmax (News)Nov 30 2023
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Rep. Santos: Expulsion Would Set Dangerous Precedent
Defiant Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., said Thursday that his expulsion from Congress before being convicted in a court of law would establish a precedent that "is going to be the undoing of a lot of members of this body." The first-term Republican congressman from New York could become just the sixth member of Congress to have been expelled by colleagues. Republicans and Democrats have offered
Newsmax (News)Dec 01 2023
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GOP Members Warn Santos Expulsion Sets 'Dangerous Precedent'
Many Republicans are expressing deep concern over a “dangerous precedent” being set by former Rep. George Santos’s (R-NY) expulsion from the U.S. House of Representatives without being convicted of a crime. Santos was ousted from the lower chamber on Friday in a 311-114 vote, as Breitbart News reported, with 105 Republicans breaking with 206 Democrats to boot the congressman, setting a new
Breitbart NewsDec 01 2023
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‘To hell with this place’: 105 Republicans join Dems in successful vote to expel Santos. Here’s the breakdown…
U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was voted out of Congress Friday in a move that has caused division even within his own party. “The embattled lawmaker had already survived two expulsion attempts, but an Ethics Committee report released last month prompted more lawmakers to say they were ready to oust Santos from the House,” The Hill reported Friday, noting Santos is now the sixth member of
Bizpac ReviewDec 01 2023
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Last-Minute Allegations Against Santos Led to Expulsion, Says House Republican
Rep. David Joyce (R-OH), who sits on the House Ethics Committee, said a mass email from his colleague Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) may have been the final nail in the coffin for now ex-Rep. George Santos (R-NY). CNN’s John Berman asked Joyce, “Can you tell me what you think swung the vote at the end? There actually seemed to be some momentum for keeping [Santos] in office in the minutes and hours
MediaiteNov 30 2023
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Santos remains defiant as expulsion vote looms
Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos has so far remained defiant in the face of a renewed effort to expel him from Congress after a damning House Ethics Committee investigation into the New York congressman. Santos has said repeatedly that he will not resign and will face an upcoming expulsion vote, which is on track to take place Friday. The congressman has announced plans for what he has billed
CNN (Online News)Jun 16 2023
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DOJ Announces Consent Decree With Minneapolis Over 'Pattern' of Police 'Discrimination'
Speaking from Minneapolis on Friday morning, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the findings of a federal investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department and its officers' conduct, as well as an "agreement in principle" to "negotiate a consent decree" that is court-enforceable between the Biden Justice Department, the City of Minneapolis, and MPD. Garland said that federal
TownhallNov 29 2023
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House Speaker Johnson has ‘reservations’ about ousting Santos
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday expressed “real reservations” about expelling Rep. George Santos from the House since the New York Republican has yet to be convicted of a crime — even as GOP support grows to make him just the sixth member of the chamber ever to be formally ousted from his seat in the face of damning allegations about his conduct. Santos has survived previous attempts to
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