When the House swiftly expelled George Santos — facing nearly two dozen federal charges and a scathing ethics report — 105 of his fellow Republicans joined almost every Democrat to vote in favor of kicking out the first-term representative.
On the other side of the Capitol, Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez is facing his own set of federal charges, including for bribery and acting as a foreign agent. But unlike the House, there’s no momentum to expel him, and his Senate colleagues are mostly steering clear of the mess.
In interviews with 19 senators last week, Democrats were reluctant to discuss the charges, said they hadn’t been following the case’s developments, and told NOTUS they didn’t listen to Menendez’s defiant Senate floor speech defending himself. (Menendez says he is innocent of any wrongdoing).