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Rep. George Santos faces the possibility of disciplinary measures from his colleagues in the House. House Republican leaders on Wednesday avoided an on-the-record vote on whether GOP Rep. George Santos should be expelled, instead holding a vote to move the Democratic-proposed resolution to the House Ethics Committee. The full House adopted the Republican motion by a party-line vote of 221-204, with seven members voting present. All five Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted in favor of the motion, while the Democrats on the committee all voted present. Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., also voted present. Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., who represents a district that neighbors Santos', offered the motion to refer in a blistering speech that condemned Santos as "a stain on this institution, a stain on the state of New York, a stain on Long Island and a stain on the beloved Nassau County." "I am personally in favor of ...

UPDATE: Lauren Boebert narrowly wins reelection in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District after Adam Frisch concedes. >> Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was leading Democrat Adam Frisch, a former Aspen city councilman, by 551 votes on Friday morning, with elections officials in just one of the 27 counties in the 3rd Congressional District with ballots still left to count. Elections officials in Republican-leaning Otero County said they had about 150 ballots to tabulate on Friday and that it expected to be done with the process by early to mid afternoon. Counties have until the end of Friday to finish counting election 2022 ballots. The 3rd District race between Boebert and Frisch is headed for a mandatory recount. Even if all 150 ballots left to count in Otero County are in Boebert’s favor, the race would still be within the recount margin. The Unaffiliated is our twice-weekly newsletter on Colorado Politics and policy. Each...

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy was dealt one defeat after another on Tuesday but insists he will not back down from his bid to for Speaker of the House. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy was dealt one defeat after another on Tuesday but insists he will not back down from his bid to for House speaker as the fight spills into a what appears will be a second chaotic day on Wednesday. "Is it the day I wanted to have? No," he told ABC News Tuesday night. But he insisted he still feels "very good" and confirmed there is no scenario where he is dropping his bid for speaker. “Let's take a different perspective,” the California representative said. “You're sitting at 202 votes . So you need technically just 11 more votes to win. Is there anybody in the conference that can win? Okay, I don't think that's there. So, we can go round and round. It'll either turn out that someone will make a mistake and elect a Democrat or we're going to fin...