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Censure in the United States is a congressional procedure for reprimanding the President of the United States, a member of Congress, or Judge. It is argued by some constitutional experts that motions...
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Senate Reverses a Presidential Censure -- January 16, 1837 ... By a five-vote margin, the Senate agreed to reverse its earlier censure. On January 16, 1837, the secretary of the Senate carried the 1834 Journal into the chamber, drew careful lines around its text, ... January 16, 1837; Senate Reverses a Presidential Censure...
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Less severe than expulsion, a censure (sometimes referred to as condemnation or denouncement) does not remove a senator from office. It is a formal statement of disapproval, however, that can have a powerful psychological effect on a member and his/her relationships ... Senate Reverses Presidential Censure, January 16, 1837...
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PREVIOUS CENSURE ... Russ Feingold, a potential presidential candidate, told ABC's "This Week" Sunday that the resolution would not preempt discussions about changing a 1978 law governing a special court set up to approve wiretaps.
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Russ Feingold, a potential presidential candidate, told ABC's "This Week" Sunday that the resolution would not preempt discussions about changing a 1978 ... "We are right now at an unprecedented war where they really want to take us down," he said. "A censure resolution ... is wrong. It sends a signal around the world.
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Also heard on NPR stations: ... This American Life PRI ... A look at the political history of efforts to censure the president.
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Censure Movement Catching Fire; The media has largely been ignoring the fact that the Feingold Resolution to censure George W. Bush has been gaining support among leading Democrats. ... Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont has started making comments supporting public hearings o the Feingold Censure Resolution.
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It is here that the brilliance of the founding fathers becomes evident, and the call for presidential censure becomes moot. First and foremost, contrary to the protestations of the President’s allies, the founders meant for impeachment to be a political procedure.
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If Feingold gets enough of his colleagues' support to censure the president, it would be the first time for such a move since Senate Republicans censured Democrat Andrew Jackson in 1834.
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PREVIOUS CENSURE ... "The president authorized an illegal program to spy on American citizens on American soil, and then misled Congress and the public about the existence and the legality of that program," said Feingold, a potential presidential candidate.
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