Posted on 03/27/2013 9:18:38 AM PDT by redreno
A bipartisan committee of lawmakers voted Tuesday to recommend troubled Assemblyman Steven Brooks, D-North Las Vegas, be expelled from the Legislature.
After meeting for nearly three hours behind closed doors, the somber committee members voted 6-to-1 to recommend expulsion.
Assemblywoman Dina Neal, D-North Las Vegas, voted against the expulsion recommendation, saying she believes Brooks should be suspended, rather than expelled.
The committee’s recommendation will go to the full Assembly for a vote as early as Wednesday. A two-thirds majority is needed to expel a member.
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