Congress Goes Wild: Censures Fly Like Karaoke Karaoke Night

KEY POINTS

•House members from both parties complain about rampant use of censure as a partisan weapon in early 2025.
•Rep. Cory Mills faces bipartisan censure over allegations of abuse, stolen valor, and financial misconduct, all denied vigorously.
•Rep. Don Beyer proposes raising the censure threshold to 60% or even two-thirds to curb partisan excess.
•Speaker Mike Johnson calls for a return to 'normal Congress' but admits uncertainty on defining it.

In the most civically charged soap opera of 2025, House members are censuring each other like it's the new handshake. Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) is caught in a bipartisan storm over domestic abuse, stolen valor, and financial shenanigans but adamantly denies all — so it’s basically a congressional reality series with ethics as the plot twist. Meanwhile, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) fights the censure flood by proposing a 60% vote threshold, pushing Congress towards a more exclusive club than a Brooklyn rooftop party. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) calls for ‘normal Congress,’ but hilariously admits no one’s sure what that looks like. And bonus drama: Rep. Stacey Plaskett wasn’t censured for Epstein texts, proving Congress’s selective memory is impressively strategic.