Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
One of the main reasons congressional expulsions are extremely rare is that the threshold is difficult to clear: It takes a two-thirds majority in the House to kick out a member, and on issues like these, two-thirds of members rarely agree. Indeed, it’s only happened twice since the Civil War. In 1980, Democratic Rep. Michael Myers of Pennsylvania was expelled over his involvement with the Abscam scandal, and in 2002, Democratic Rep.
But perhaps most important to Republican leaders is the fact they simply don’t want to see their tiny majority in the House get even smaller. House Speaker Mike Johnson was surprisingly candid on this point during an interview last week with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “Here’s the reality, Sean,” the Louisiana Republican said. “We have a four-seat majority in the House.
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