Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett was revealed to have texted Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images ; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The measure to rebuke Plaskett failed. And as a result, Democrats refrained from a similar censure effort for Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla.
That said, Democrats and some Republicans want to discipline Mills for two alleged transgressions. Democrats prepped a resolution back in September to censure Mills for allegedly harassing and assaulting an ex-girlfriend in Washington, D.C.
Mills contends he did nothing wrong.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., wants to censure Mills now. Mills provided a key vote earlier in 2025 to block the censure of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., over her remarks following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Some lawmakers also want House discipline for Mace after authorities claim she cursed and berated TSA workers and other employees at the Charleston, South Carolina, airport recently.
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormic was indicted by a Miami grand jury Nov. 18, 2025, for allegedly stealing $5M FEMA funds, according to the Department of Justice. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)
And we haven’t even discussed efforts earlier in 2025 to expel Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., after she was charged with allegedly assaulting ICE agents at a detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, in the spring. McIver continues to serve and pleaded not guilty.
This may only get worse.
Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., along with Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Penn., Chris Deluzio, D-Penn., Jason Crow, D-Colo., and Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., faced criticism over a video where they instructed service members to defy illegal orders.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has now launched an investigation into Kelly and threatened to recall the former astronaut to active duty to face military discipline.
And it’s not just member on member. The president also excoriated his arch-nemesis on the Republican side of the aisle, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., for getting married 16 months after the congressman’s first wife, Rhonda, died.
President Donald Trump, right, also excoriated his arch-nemesis on the Republican side of the aisle, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., left. (Left: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
"Did Thomas Massie, sometimes referred to as Rand Paul Jr., because of the fact that he always votes against the Republican Party, get married already??? Boy, that was quick!" Trump posted to Truth Social in November. "Anyway, have a great life Thomas and (?). His wife will soon find out that she’s stuck with a LOSER!"
It’s now officially the holiday season. And few on Capitol Hill are truly extending tidings of good cheer to their Congressional colleagues. It surely can’t get any worse, can it?
Well, we’re not even halfway through the 119th Congress. And after lengthy recesses in July, all of August, a portion of September — and for the House, all of October and some of November — lawmakers are just making up for lost time. The recriminations will keep coming.
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Politicians have decided to make it personal. It’s easier to attack one another and score political points than legislate.
It’s not practical politics. Lawmakers just prefer personal politics.
Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
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