Introduced in House
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a supermajority vote of Members present and voting to subject a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the censure or disapproval of the House, or removal from committee membership.
SEC. 1. THRESHOLD REQUIRED FOR VOTE FOR CENSURE, DISAPPROVAL, AND REMOVAL FROM COMMITTEETrack this section →
Rule XVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: Censure, disapproval, and removal from committee 11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not be subjected to the censure or disapproval of the House, nor to removal from committee membership, unless not less than 60 percent of the Members voting, a quorum being present, vote in favor of the resolution to censure, disapprove, or remove such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from committee assignments..