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Thursday's Campaign Round-Up, 4.22.21 Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. April 22, 2021, 4:00 PM UTC BySteve Benen Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * A group of seven House Republicans, led by Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), announced yesterday that they would no longer accept campaign contributions from major tech companies or their top executives. The septet claims tech companies are conspiring against conservative voices, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. * Despite the group's alleged bankruptcy, the N...

Missouri Lawmaker Faces Expulsion Over Child Abuse Accusations An ethics committee report said that State Representative Rick Roeber physically and sexually abused his children and once drowned puppies in a pond. Lawmakers on the Missouri House Ethics Committee voted unanimously to recommend the expulsion of a colleague who they found to be credibly accused of child abuse.Credit...Whitney Curtis for The New York Times April 21, 2021, 6:46 a.m. ET A Missouri legislator faces expulsion from the state’s House of Representatives after an investigation by fellow lawmakers concluded that he had p...

Springfield News-Leader The Missouri House ethics committee on Monday formally accused a Kansas City-area lawmaker of abusing his kids and recommended his expulsion. In a 12-page report released Monday, the half-Republican, half-Democratic panel said it had confirmed allegations that Rep. Rick Roeber, R-Lee’s Summit, sexually abused two of his young children in 1990 and physically and mentally abused all four. The committee further said that their findings revealed Roeber as “unfit to serve as a representative in the Missouri General Assembly.” The panel lamented that Roeber’s ex-wife...

The Missouri House voted 153-0 Wednesday to formally expel a lawmaker accused of physically and sexually abusing his children when they were younger. The removal of Rep. Rick Roeber, R-Lee's Summit, marked only the second expulsion in the state's 200-year history. The first was in 1865, when the House expelled a secessionist. The decision came after speeches from House Speaker Rob Vescovo, R-Arnold, and members of the House Ethics Committee who investigated the allegations against Roeber. The committee put out a report Monday confirming the allegations after hearing testimony from Roeber's ch...

Missouri House expels Lee's Summit Rep. Rick Roeber in 153-0 vote after abuse claims Share Updated: 4:15 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021 Share Updated: 4:15 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CIVIL WAR. IT’S THE 34TH DISTRICT STATE REP REPUBLICAN RICK RABER FROM LEE’S SUMMIT KICKED OUT AFTER THE MISSOURI HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE REPORT LOOKED INTO CHARGES. HE SEXUALLY ABUSED HIS CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG. WE FOUND HIS FAMILY TO BE CREDIBLE WITNESSES IN THIS CASE. WE FOUND THE REPRESENTATIVE TO NOT BE CREDIBLE FOUR DIFFERENT CHILDREN THAT HAVE HAD FOUR E...