HOUSE'S OPTIONS ON GINGRICH.A House ethics panel Noun 1. ethics panel - a committee appointed to consider ethical issues ethics committee commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle has recommended that House Speaker Newt Gingrich be reprimanded by the House and pay a $300,000 fine. The full House will vote on the punishment Tuesday. Here are the options, in descending order of severity: EXPULSION: A House member can be expelled on grounds ranging from disloyalty dis·loy·al·ty n. pl. dis·loy·al·ties 1. The quality of being disloyal; faithlessness. 2. A disloyal act. Noun 1. to conspiracy and corruption. Expulsion requires a two-thirds majority vote of the House. CENSURE: One step below an expulsion, a censure requires the House member to give up any committee chairmanship and stand in the well of the House and face a public admonishment. Censure requires a simple majority vote. REPRIMAND REPRIMAND, punishment. The censure which in some cases a public office pronounces against an offender. 2. This species of punishment is used by legislative bodies to punish their members or others who have been guilty of some impropriety of conduct towards them. : This carries no penalty, except a vote in support of the disciplinary measure by the entire House. A House reprimand does not affect the member's seniority or official status. REPROVAL: A mild reprimand that is issued by the Ethics Committee ethics committee A multidisciplinary hospital body composed of a broad spectrum of personnel–eg, physicians, nurses, social workers, priests, and others, which addresses the moral and ethical issues within the hospital. See DNR, Institutional review board. , and does not require a vote by the entire House. Here are some recent instances of disciplinary action taken by the U.S. House of Representatives: Charles Diggs Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. (December 2, 1922 — August 24, 1998) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He resigned from the House and served 14 months of a three-year sentence for mail fraud. , D-Mich., censured in 1979 for diverting congressional employee funds to his personal use. Charles H. Wilson Charles Herbert Wilson (February 15, 1917–July 21, 1984) was a California Democratic politician from the Los Angeles area. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives between 1963 and 1981. , D-Calif., censured in 1980 for financial misconduct involving the misuse of campaign funds and accepting gifts. Michael Myers Michael Myers or variants of the name can refer to:
Daniel Crane, R-Ill., censured in 1983 after admitting a sexual liaison with a 17-year-old female congressional page in 1980. Gerry Stubbs, D-Mass., censured in 1983 for his acknowledged sexual encounter with a 17-year-old male congressional page 10 years earlier. Barney Frank, D-Mass., reprimanded in 1990 for fixing parking tickets for a gay prostitute, Steve Gobie, and making misleading statements to police on Gobie's behalf. Jim Wright, D-Texas. Facing possible censure by the House for violating 69 House rules, largely in connection with a book deal, Wright stepped down from his position as speaker and resigned from the House in 1989. He left before any disciplinary action was taken. |
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