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House Speaker on punishment for NJ Democrats for Delaney Hall protest
Clip: 5/14/2025 | 1m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
House Speaker Mike Johnson on punishment for NJ Democrats for Delaney Hall protest
Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans in Congress are considering three forms of punishment for Reps. Rob Menedez (D-8th), LaMonica McIver (D-10th) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12th) over their involvement in a scrum with federal police officials on Friday.
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House Speaker on punishment for NJ Democrats for Delaney Hall protest
Clip: 5/14/2025 | 1m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans in Congress are considering three forms of punishment for Reps. Rob Menedez (D-8th), LaMonica McIver (D-10th) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12th) over their involvement in a scrum with federal police officials on Friday.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWell, look, there's three possible disciplinary actions that Congress could take.
Okay.
You can censure a member, and that's probably does seem appropriate here.
You can kick them off committees.
That's a new tradition begun by the Democrats in recent years.
And you can expel someone from Congress.
Now, expulsion requires a two thirds vote.
That's not likely because the margins are small on both sides of.
But, you know, we're looking at what is appropriate.
I think I think it's pretty clear that the law was violated.
You might have noticed the Wisconsin judge that was trying to conceal the illegal alien that was going to be apprehended by ICE.
A federal grand jury indicted the judge.
I think that was late yesterday.
And I'm told that she'll be brought up on charges maybe facing potentially six years in jail and $350,000 in fines because she obstructed the proceedings, obstruct justice and and was engaged in other activity.
So, look, this what what these House Democrats did is in that exchange, that same lane, the same vein of what the judge is being indicted for.
So I think there's some I think there's some legal ramifications to play out here.
And we'll see how it does.
I mean, expulsion on the table will work.
We're talking through all the possibilities.
Commuters grow anxious as NJ Transit strike looms
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Clip: 5/14/2025 | 5m 8s | Without a new deal, engineers are scheduled to strike Friday for the first time since 1983 (5m 8s)
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on Delaney Hall protests
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Clip: 5/14/2025 | 2m 34s | Noem weighed in on Friday's incident involving three NJ congressmembers (2m 34s)
Gov. Murphy: Protections on the way with electric bill hikes
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Clip: 5/14/2025 | 1m 9s | Monthly electric bills are expected to rise between 17% and 20% (1m 9s)
House holds marathon hearing over Medicaid changes
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Clip: 5/14/2025 | 5m 15s | Democratic lawmakers say 13.7 million people will lose health insurance (5m 15s)
How will NJ spend landmark 'forever chemical' settlement?
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Clip: 5/14/2025 | 6m 2s | Interview: Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (6m 2s)
New East Newark park offers boardwalk, swings and 'justice'
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Clip: 5/14/2025 | 4m 34s | Riverside park is in a heavy industrialized area without much greenery (4m 34s)
Rep. LaMonica McIver questions DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
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Clip: 5/14/2025 | 5m 5s | The congresswoman questioned Noem on TSA employees, international student visa revocations (5m 5s)
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