The Greene saga might not yet be over: Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), who has introduced a resolution to expel Greene from the House, said he still intended to force a vote on that question, but he said he was in talks with Democratic leaders about the timing of the move. The House is expected to take a two-week recess after it completes its business this week.
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Greene did not answer questions Wednesday from reporters as she left her office. House Republicans have a meeting Wednesday afternoon and Greene's future within their caucus is likely to be discussed.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., introduced a resolution calling for Greene to be expelled from Congress, saying she advocated "extremism and sedition."
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In a statement to CNN, Greene blamed the “teams of people” who she said managed her social media pages for those posts.
In response, Democrats are moving quickly against Greene. Pelosi has called her views “appalling” and urged Republicans to rein her in. Last week California Democratic Representative Jimmy Gomez called for a vote to remove Greene from office, an unlikely outcome.
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A resolution by Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., to expel Greene for her conduct has almost 70 co-sponsors and will be introduced later this week, according to a spokesperson for Gomez.
A resolution for expulsion, censure or reprimand need not go through the House Ethics Committee and can be called up by the sponsor. As it involves the conduct of a member, it is a privileged question and… Read more »
Perhaps she is, but that’s the Republicans’ problem. Democrats, though, are so bothered by Greene’s views that they’re fast-tracking a resolution to remove her from her assigned committees. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) is also circulating a resolution to expel Greene from the House entirely.
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Wasserman Schultz’s approach would require a simple majority vote to pass the House, where Democrats hold 221 seats to Republicans’ 211. That makes the measure far easier to pass then a separate effort, circulated by Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez, to expel Greene, which would require a two-thirds vote to pass.
Greene has supported false online claims that school shootings were staged,… Read more »
But as more of Greene’s old posts surface, Democrats are looking to force McCarthy’s hand. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week that Greene should be stripped of her House Education Committee post for endorsing the theory that the Sandy Hook shooting was staged. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) has led the charge to expel Greene from Congress, attracting dozens of cosponsors… Read more »
Wisconsin Democratic Representative Marc Pocan and California Democratic Representative Jimmy Gomez sought an explanation from Facebook on Tuesday regarding an anti-vaccination protest at Dodger Stadium which was organized on the social media platform.
Between 40 and 60 demonstrators blocked the main entrance of a vaccination event at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, causing the Los… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, was also in the state Assembly during California's minimum wage debate. Like Obernolte, he thought a regional minimum wage system would have been a better approach — one that would have raised the wage floor above $15 in pricey areas like the L.A. region.
But Gomez, who worked minimum wage jobs at Subway and Target after high school, said a lengthy… Read more »
Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) blasted Facebook over anti-vaccine pages on its platform.
The Democrats wrote a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding to know why anti-vaccination pages are allowed to spread misinformation on the platform, and how the company plans to remove them.
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