And moments before this week’s vote, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
“As my friend the leader knows, we haven’t had all the resolutions that have been introduced on my side of the aisle,” Hoyer said as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
“This makes it harder, however, not to proceed on numerous resolutions on my side of the aisle,” he added.
The threat underscores how lawmakers have fewer qualms about imposing punishments as severe as censure or expulsion against each other as they continue to harbor fury over the insurrection more than three months ago.
It’s also a reflection of an ever-more-polarized environment where lawmakers are quicker to turn to demanding maximum sanctions when they’re outraged over conduct by members of the opposing party.