Directing the Committee on Ethics to investigate, and issue a report on, whether any and all actions taken by Members of the 117th Congress who sought to overturn the 2020 Presidential election violated their oath of office to uphold the Constitution or the Rules of the House of Representatives, and should face sanction, including removal from the House of Representatives.
Summary
This resolution requires the House Committee on Ethics to investigate and report on whether (1) actions taken by Members of the 117th Congress seeking to overturn the 2020 Presidential election violated their oath of office; and (2) these Members should face sanction, including removal from the House of Representatives. It also condemns all targeted and malicious efforts to disenfranchise Black, Brown, and Indigenous voters.
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Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Last action Mar 4, 2021
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Mar 4, 2021
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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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Jan 11, 2021
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Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jan 11, 2021
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1 primary · 54 co-sponsors
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Cori Bush
DDemocratic
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Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
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Albio Sires
DDemocratic
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Alcee L. Hastings
DDemocratic
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
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Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
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Ann Kirkpatrick
DDemocratic
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Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
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Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
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Bill Pascrell, Jr.
DDemocratic
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Bobby L. Rush
DDemocratic
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