During a closed-door meeting hours ahead of a vote on Rep. Robert Garcia's (D-Calif.) measure expelling the New York Republican, the party diverged on strategy.
House Democrats wrangled internally on Wednesday over whether to try to stop Speaker Kevin McCarthy from punting on a bid to expel George Santos from Congress.
, among those pushing the caucus to pursue a full House vote to expel Santos. “I think we need to definitely make sure that our concerns are registered through a vote.” And that means the split over how to vote on referring Garcia’s expulsion proposal to the ethics panel could result in an easier win for McCarthy. The caucus isn’t formally whipping the vote.
To many Democrats, though, sending the matter to the Ethics panel is the effective equivalent of tabling the issue altogether. And they would only need a simple majority of the House to vote down McCarthy’s efforts to refer the bill to committee — a much more plausible ask — while ousting Santos would require a two-thirds majority.
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