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Republican lawmakers have voted with majority Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives to take the historic step of expelling a Republican member who...

Republican lawmakers have voted with majority Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives to take the historic step of expelling a Republican member who...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Almost a half-year after a Republican legislator let violent,...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican lawmakers voted with majority Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives to take the historic step of expelling a Republican member who let violent, far-right protesters into the state Capitol on Dec. 21.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Lawmakers in Oregon on Thursday night expelled a Republican...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Almost a half-year after a Republican legislator let violent,...

The vote in the heavily Democratic chamber was 59-1 to oust Republican Representative Mike Nearman. The only "no" vote was his own. It was the first time the House ever expelled one of its own.

Nearman is the first member of the House to be expelled in its 160-year history.

Image via AP Photo/Andrew Selsky This article is republished here with permission from The Associated Press. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican lawmakers voted with majority Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives to take the historic step of expelling a Republican member who let violent, far-right protesters into the s...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican lawmakers voted with majority Democrats in the Oregon...