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POSITIVE Democracy & Voting Rights 119th Congress

H.Res.713 Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar

Censures Representative Ilhan Omar and strips her committee assignments over public statements (119th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Censure of policy dissent chills protected legislative speech under Art. I § 6.

U.S. Const. art. I, § 6, cl. 1 (Speech or Debate Clause)

Censure resolution removing a member's committee assignments based on the content of her public statements. Congressional discipline conditioned on the content of constitutionally protected political speech raises 1st Amendment concerns.