New Jersey Democrat faces House censure vote and removal from key committee

by The editor•3 September 2025•NPR

LaMonica McIver speaks onstage at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 5 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She faces a censure vote in the House of Representatives this week.

New Jersey Democrat LaMonica McIver is facing a censure vote in the House of Representatives over her arrest earlier this year at an immigration detention facility.

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