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Mr. Santos is the sixth member of the House to be expelled in the body’s history, and the first who had not been convicted of a crime or accused of treason.
According to NYT, Robert Scott of VA and Nikema Williams of GA voted No.
Al Green of TX and Jonathan Jackson of IL votes Present
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), AOC (NY) and Dean Phillips (MN) have no vote recorded
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/01/us/politics/santos-expulsion-vote.html
Overall vote tally:
98% (206) of Democrats voted yes (to expell)
1% (2) voted No
1% (2) voted present
49% (105) of Republicans voted to expel
51% (112) of Republicans voted No
I’m betting AOC is because they’re both from NY and they’re very close geographically. Definitely seems like a conflict of interest
She voted to expel him last time. I’m assuming she just wasn’t there today.
Probably. They can’t all be there for every session
That’s a weak excuse.