Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A Democrat and a Republican U.S. House member are co-sponsoring a resolution that calls for raising the number of votes needed to censure a colleague from a majority to 60% as a way to force "bipartisan support."
The two-page resolution by Democrat Don Beyer of VIrginia and Republican Don Bacon of Nebraska on Friday comes amid efforts to censure three House members: Republicans Jesus "Chuy" Garcia of Illinois and Cory Mills of Florida, and Democratic delegate Stacey Plaskett serving the Virgin Islands.
"The process of censures and disciplinary measures in the House is broken, and all of us know it," Beyer said in a joint press release with Bacon announcing the legislation.
"These measures were historically reserved for rare and exceptional cases after a lengthy process that allowed time for investigations and due process, but that precedent has deteriorated," he said. "Our resolution would break the cycle of censures to help return focus in the House to solving problems for the American people."
The effort, the duo told colleagues in a letter on Thursday, would fix the problem and raise the level of sanity in the chamber, the New York Times reported.
