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Washington mdash; Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos survived a second attempt to expel him from Congress on Wednesday after his fellow New Y stanley mugs ork Republicans led a renewed effort to oust him.The House voted 179-213 in favor of a resolution to expel Santos from Congress, falling short of the two-thirds majori stanley cup ty needed to oust a member under the Constitution. Nineteen members voted present.Santos faces nearly two dozen federal criminal charges accusing him of fraud, money laundering, campaign finance violations and other crimes. He has pleaded not guilty. Following the vote, Santos posted a picture on social media of him wearing a crown with the text, If you come for me, you best not miss. In remarks on the House floor before the vote, Santos said the expulsion effort was politically motivated and that his removal from office would set a dangerous precedent. Santos accused those who sought to expel him of acting as judge, jury and executioner. I stand firmly in my innocence, Santos said.He first escaped expulsion after he was originally charged in May, when Republicans successfully blocked a Democratic effort to remove him and instead referred the matter to a House committee for further investigation. He was hit with more charges last month, leading a group of his fellow New York Republicans to renew the effort to oust him.If the resolution had been successful, Santos would stanley cups have become just the sixth House member to be expelle Tnly Harris warns Iran not to respond to Israel s counterstrike: It would be a mistake
Getty Images/Joe Raedle The sun was long gone by the time I pulled into the driveway of an adobe ranch house just outside Taos, New Mexico. Framed in a well-lit window, there was a famous face - former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. He was leaning over the kitchen sink, relaxed and at home.I fumbled with my keys as I got out of the car, setting off stanley quencher two quick blasts of the horn. What s going on out there he cried. Are we being invaded GALLERY: Pictures from Throughout Rumsfeld s Life stanley mug Talk about biting back the first thing that comes to mind - this really was no time to bring up Shock and Awe. So I called out a cheerful Incoming! Incoming! and went in to greet our host. CBS News cameraman Mike Hernandez, soundman Andre Palai and I were there to set up cameras and lights for an interview national security correspondent David Martin would do with Rumsfeld earl stanley termosy y the next morning. It would be a tough interview - both sides knew that. Martin had spent weeks preparing for it, reading Rumsfeld s new book, Known and Unknown, along with memoirs of a dozen other major players in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - from President George W. Bush to one American commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. Sanchez s promotion to commander of coalition forces June 2003 was one of the early signs management of the war in Iraq was going terribly wrong. It came just as the euphoria of taking Baghd
Washington mdash; Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos survived a second attempt to expel him from Congress on Wednesday after his fellow New Y stanley mugs ork Republicans led a renewed effort to oust him.The House voted 179-213 in favor of a resolution to expel Santos from Congress, falling short of the two-thirds majori stanley cup ty needed to oust a member under the Constitution. Nineteen members voted present.Santos faces nearly two dozen federal criminal charges accusing him of fraud, money laundering, campaign finance violations and other crimes. He has pleaded not guilty. Following the vote, Santos posted a picture on social media of him wearing a crown with the text, If you come for me, you best not miss. In remarks on the House floor before the vote, Santos said the expulsion effort was politically motivated and that his removal from office would set a dangerous precedent. Santos accused those who sought to expel him of acting as judge, jury and executioner. I stand firmly in my innocence, Santos said.He first escaped expulsion after he was originally charged in May, when Republicans successfully blocked a Democratic effort to remove him and instead referred the matter to a House committee for further investigation. He was hit with more charges last month, leading a group of his fellow New York Republicans to renew the effort to oust him.If the resolution had been successful, Santos would stanley cups have become just the sixth House member to be expelle Tnly Harris warns Iran not to respond to Israel s counterstrike: It would be a mistake
Getty Images/Joe Raedle The sun was long gone by the time I pulled into the driveway of an adobe ranch house just outside Taos, New Mexico. Framed in a well-lit window, there was a famous face - former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. He was leaning over the kitchen sink, relaxed and at home.I fumbled with my keys as I got out of the car, setting off stanley quencher two quick blasts of the horn. What s going on out there he cried. Are we being invaded GALLERY: Pictures from Throughout Rumsfeld s Life stanley mug Talk about biting back the first thing that comes to mind - this really was no time to bring up Shock and Awe. So I called out a cheerful Incoming! Incoming! and went in to greet our host. CBS News cameraman Mike Hernandez, soundman Andre Palai and I were there to set up cameras and lights for an interview national security correspondent David Martin would do with Rumsfeld earl stanley termosy y the next morning. It would be a tough interview - both sides knew that. Martin had spent weeks preparing for it, reading Rumsfeld s new book, Known and Unknown, along with memoirs of a dozen other major players in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - from President George W. Bush to one American commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. Sanchez s promotion to commander of coalition forces June 2003 was one of the early signs management of the war in Iraq was going terribly wrong. It came just as the euphoria of taking Baghd
