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Democratic congressman bobby rush introduced a censure resolution against iowa republican congressman steve king today which was then read by the clerk on the house floor. >> on july 13th, 2006, on the floor of the house of representatives, comparing immigrants to livestock. representative steve king of iowa stated, "we could also electrify this wire with this kind of current that would not kill somebody but it would simply be a discouragement for them to be fooling around with it. we do that with livestock all the time." >> the censure resolution was then referred to the house ethics committe...

Of sanction in the house of representatives, reprimand, censure and expulsion. jim clyburn, democratic whip, instituting a resolution of disapproval where the house of representatives would disapprove of these remarks by steve king. a similar tactic clyburn initiated in 2009 when republican congressman from south carolina heckled president obama on our floor. the democratic congressman from illinois doesn't think this goes far enough, he has introduced a censure resolution. >> ensuring -- that would mean sinking down to his level. >> there's only been a few times they have actually censured pe...

Jim, jim clyburn, the democratic work is introducing a rebel atomic resolution of disapproval. disapprove of the remarks by steve king. this is a similar tactic that clyburn initiated in 2009 when joe wilson, the republican congressman from south carolina heckled president obama on the house floor. bobby rush is a democratic congressman from illinois. if he doesn't think that this goes far enough. he has introduced a censure resolution. center the congressman. >> show him physically who is superior, i would. but that would mean that i would be brought down to his level. >> there's only been a ...

Chaos of impeachment. to spare the nation a nasty impeachment fight, an idea was floated to simply censure the president instead. >> dick gephardt tried to persuade the president to accept a censure resolution. and i think we would have had republicans voting for it. and it's...it's...it's serious. ♪ >> we were getting a lot of pressure from the democrats in the house to consider that and also a great deal of pressure from some of the more moderate republicans in the house. >> a censure vote would be a formal condemnation of the president's actions but eliminate the possibility of him being ...

Chaos of impeachment. to spare the nation a nasty impeachment fight, an idea was floated to simply censure the president instead. >> dick gephardt tried to persuade the president to accept a censure resolution. and i think we would have had republicans voting for it. and it's...it's...it's serious. ♪ >> we were getting a lot of pressure from the democrats in the house to consider that and also a great deal of pressure from some of the more moderate republicans in the house. >> a censure vote would be a formal condemnation of the president's actions but eliminate the possibility of him being ...