Read more about the Santos expulsion vote below. Expulsion is the most severe form of punishment for a House lawmaker and requires the high bar of two-thirds of the majority vote to succeed. Santos is the first member to be expelled from the House in more than two decades and the first to be ousted since the Civil War who wasn’t first convicted of a felony.Kathy Hochul will schedule a special election to replace him. The House clerk is expected to assume control of Santos' office and New York Democratic Gov.Santos announced he wouldn't seek reelection after the report's release, but refused to resign. The embattled former lawmaker survived previous attempts to remove him, but there was growing momentum for this effort in the wake of a scathing ethics report, which concluded that he sought to 'fraudulently exploit' his House candidacy for personal financial profit.All four top House GOP leaders voted to keep Santos in Congress. The resolution passed 311 to 114, with 105 Republicans voting in favor of expulsion.

George Santos over ethics violations, making him only the sixth lawmaker ever to be ousted from the chamber. The House voted Friday to expel indicted New York GOP Rep.

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