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To: sickoflibs

The Constitution prevents recall, but it does contain an expulsion clause for members of Congress

“Since 1789, the Senate has had nine expulsion proceedings out of which fifteen Senators were expelled, most of them early in the Civil War on grounds of supporting the rebellion. The House has also proceeded against twenty-nine of its Members but has expelled only five, two for corruption and three for supporting the rebellion.

More frequent have been instances when each House has punished its respective Members by a simple majority. Punishments have included censure (or the somewhat lesser “denouncement”), reprimand, loss of seniority, removal from committee or subcommittee chairmanship, and fine. In addition, when a Member of Congress is convicted of a crime, he is expected to refrain from voting unless and until his conviction is overturned or he is re-elected.”
http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/1/essays/22/rules-and-expulsion-clause


20 posted on 04/19/2014 2:13:37 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Right. Reid will be punished by a majority of other senators? While the majority are democrats?

Reid could kill a baby with his bare hands on national TV and the democrats in the Senate still will not vote against him.


23 posted on 04/19/2014 5:54:19 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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