Overview

• Lawmakers voted 215–207 to table a privileged censure resolution that sought to punish Rep. LaMonica McIver and remove her from the Homeland Security Committee.
• Five Republicans joined Democrats to kill the measure — Don Bacon, Mike Flood, David Joyce, Michael R. Turner and David Valadao — while Andrew Garbarino and Nathaniel Moran voted present.
• Rep. Clay Higgins forced the vote and argued McIver’s committee role posed a conflict of interest; McIver called the effort partisan and said it targeted her oversight work.
• McIver faces a three‑count federal indictment alleging she assaulted and impeded officers during a Newark detention‑center encounter; she has pleaded not guilty and disputes the video evidence’s interpretation.
• Some GOP defectors cited due‑process and House Ethics Committee review as reasons to resist censure while the criminal case proceeds, with trial set for November.