众议院周四投票谴责民主党众议员贾马尔·鲍曼纽约因为9月份误拉了众议院办公楼的火警警报。
最后的投票结果是214票对191票，有五名成员出席投票。三名民主党人投票支持共和党人谴责鲍曼。
投票结束后，鲍曼站在众议院的井边，被一大群民主党人包围，他们拥抱他以示支持。
9月30日，这位纽约国会议员在众议院投票决定为政府提供资金的当天，被拍到拉起了坎农豪斯办公楼的火警警报。他后来对轻罪指控认罪因为误触发了警报。
周四的投票发生在一项民主党动议之后谴责决议失败了周三晚上以201票对216票。
2023年12月7日，纽约州民主党众议员贾马尔·鲍曼(Jamaal Bowman)在被众议院谴责前出现在美国国会大厦。
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密歇根州共和党众议员丽莎·麦克莱恩(Lisa McClain)周二介绍了这项谴责决议，并给予众议院两天的立法时间对其进行投票。
鲍曼是21世纪第五位受到指责的众议院议员，其他几位是众议员查尔斯·兰格尔、保罗·戈萨、亚当·希夫和最近的拉希达·特拉伊布。这些指责中有三次发生在共和党占多数的2023年。根据众议院历史学家办公室的说法，鲍曼将成为美国历史上第27位受到指责的众议院议员。
从历史上看，指责一名众议员是罕见的，但最近已被用作一种政治工具。
众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人哈基姆·杰弗里斯(Hakeem Jeffries)周四表示，共和党人正在使用指责等策略来转移对该党面临的更大问题的注意力，包括他们的多数席位不断下降。
“他们想对美国人民隐藏他们的极右议程。这就是为什么我们不断看到一个又一个谴责决议被提交到议会。下周，我们将把时间浪费在针对拜登总统及其家人的非法弹劾调查上。”
在周三晚上激烈的众议院辩论中，杰弗里斯为鲍曼辩护说，众议院“讨论火警是浪费时间。”
杰弗里斯甚至挑战众议院共和党人谴责他。
“一周又一周，一周又一周地重复攻击民主党人，因为你没有更好的事情可做——那我自愿。下一个谴责我。下一个谴责我。这就是你指责的努力是多么的没有价值。它没有信誉，没有诚信，没有合法性。下一个谴责我。杰弗里斯说:“我会接受这种指责，下周、下个月、明年，我会像佩戴荣誉勋章一样佩戴它。”
House censures Rep. Jamaal Bowman for falsely pulling fire alarm
The House voted Thursday to censure Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman ofNew Yorkfor falsely pulling a fire alarm in a House office building in September.
The final vote was 214-191 with five members voting present. Three Democrats voted with Republicans to censure Bowman.
After the vote, Bowman stood in the well of the House surrounded by a large group of Democrats who hugged him in support.
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The New York congressman was caught on video pulling the fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Sept. 30 -- the day the House voted on funding the government. He laterpleaded guilty to a misdemeanor chargefor falsely triggering the alarm.
Thursday vote happened after a Democratic motion to table -- or kill --the censure resolution failedby a vote of 201-216 Wednesday evening.
Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., introduced the censure resolution as privileged on Tuesday -- giving the House two legislative days to vote on it.
Bowman is the fifth House member censured in the 21st century, joining Reps. Charles Rangel, Paul Gosar, Adam Schiff and -- most recently -- Rashida Tlaib. Three of these censures have happened in 2023 under this GOP majority. Bowman would become the 27th House member censured in U.S. history, according to the Office of the House Historian.
Historically, censuring a House member is rare, but has been more recently used as a political tool.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Thursday that Republicans are using tactics such as censuring to distract from bigger issues the party is facing -- including their decreasing majority.
"They want to hide their extreme right-wing agenda from the American people. And that's why we continue to see censure resolution after censure resolution being brought to the floor. And next week, we're going to waste time on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry targeting President Biden and his family."
During fiery House floor debate on the censure resolution Wednesday evening, Jeffries defended Bowman and said the House is "wasting time talking about fire alarms."
Jeffries even dared House Republicans to censure him.
"Going after Democrats repeatedly week after week after week, because you have nothing better to do -- then I volunteer. Censure me next. Censure me next. That's how worthless your censure effort is. It has no credibility, no integrity, no legitimacy. Censure me next. And I'll take that censure and I'll wear it -- next week, next month, next year -- like a badge of honor," Jeffries said.
