House Moves to Censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman for False Fire Alarm Incident
The House of Representatives is on track to censure Representative Jamaal Bowman, Democrat of New York, for setting off a fire alarm in a House office building during a congressional spending battle. The censure resolution, introduced by Representative Lisa McClain, Republican of Michigan, survived a vote, with 216 Republicans voting to keep it alive. Bowman pleaded guilty to a single false fire alarm charge and paid a $1,000 fine. Censure resolutions have become common tools for partisan criticism in the deeply polarized House.