{"id":2653186,"date":"2026-09-01T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-censure-chuck-edwards\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:32:04","slug":"house-votes-to-censure-chuck-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-censure-chuck-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"House votes to censure Chuck Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-votes-to-censure-chuck-edwards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2653186&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh House voted 413-2 to censure Representative Chuck Edwards (R-NC) following an Ethics Committee investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct with two female staffers. Edwards, who had dropped his re-election bid after the report&#8217;s release, was censured for failing to adhere to rules against sexual harassment and unwanted advances. Despite the committee&#8217;s findings of inappropriate behavior, Edwards claimed his conduct was misunderstood and defended his actions as friendly. The report detailed him inviting staffers to dinner, gifting them, and discussing strip clubs, but his campaign denied any violations of federal sexual harassment laws. Edwards also composed a lengthy letter arguing his innocence, but it did not prevent the censure. This action follows a history of congressional penalties, with previous censures and expulsions, and occurs amid multiple resignations of lawmakers facing misconduct allegations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11272\">House<\/a> voted Tuesday afternoon to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC), by a vote of 413-2, after the House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ethics\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1012\">Ethics<\/a> Committee\u2019s recommendation to do so following an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/investigations\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"62\">investigation<\/a> into sexual misconduct with two female staffers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edwards, who dropped his reelection bid after the committee released its report, was censured after the committee released findings stating the lawmaker had failed \u201cto adhere to the spirit of rules prohibiting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sexual-harassment\/\">sexual harassment<\/a> of and unwanted advances to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11272\">House<\/a> staffers.\u201d Two Republicans voted against censuring Edwards, despite the recommendation.\u00a0The duo was Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Edwards himself.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4708478\/house-votes-censure-chuck-edwards\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House votes to censure Chuck Edwards<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4708478\/house-votes-censure-chuck-edwards-against-his-twenty-page-letter\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House votes to censure Chuck Edwards<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4708581\/hemp-ban-delay-house-passes-stopgap-funding-bill\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hemp ban delayed by four weeks after House passes stopgap funding bill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4674259\/inappropriate-conduct-could-get-chuck-edwards-censured\/\">\u2018BURNING WITH JEALOUSY,\u2019 STRIP CLUB TALK, AND 30 TYPES OF ICE CREAM: THE CONDUCT THAT COULD GET CHUCK EDWARDS CENSURED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m asking you to distinguish between conduct that you might personally have handled differently, and conduct that warrants the solemn judgment of censure by the United States House of Representatives,\u201d Edwards said on the House floor ahead of the vote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve spent my public life trying to serve the people who entrusted me with this office,\u201d he said. \u201cI am imperfect. I have made mistakes, but I do not believe I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ny-governor-andrew-cuomo-receiving-pension-payments-despite-resignation-investigations\/\" title=\"Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Receiving Pension Payments Despite Resignation, ...s\">committed sexual harassment<\/a> and the factual findings of this investigation do not justify branding me as though I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ethics.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Committee-Report-8.3.26.pdf\">According\u00a0to<\/a> the report,\u00a0Edwards invited young female staffers to dinner, gave them gifts, wrote them notes, and repeatedly tried to see them. In one instance, Edwards talked to the staffers about going to strip clubs, the report said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edwards\u2019s campaign denied that any of the findings violate federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sexual-harassment\/\">sexual harassment<\/a> laws. The findings outline a multitude of advances the congressman made toward the two women, both of whom worked for him in the North Carolina Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his floor speech, Edwards continually claimed his friendship with his staffers was two-sided and apologized to the women for subjecting them to this, acknowledging that his understanding of the relationship did not match theirs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North Carolina Republican went as far as to write his colleagues a 22-page letter on why his actions were not sexual misconduct, in an effort to save himself from congressional punishment, but he did not succeed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4708207\/max-miller-sidesteps-reelection-questions\/\">MILLER SIDESTEPS REELECTION QUESTIONS IN RETURN TO CAPITOL HILL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last member of Congress to be censured was Rep. Al Green (D-TX) for disturbing President Donald Trump\u2019s joint address to Congress last year. Expulsion is the most severe form of congressional punishment that can be brought upon a member, while a censure resolution is a less severe \u201cslap on the wrist.\u201d The last member to be expelled was former New York Republican Rep. George Santos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edwards\u2019s censure comes as three House lawmakers have already resigned this year \u2014 California Democrat <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-swalwell\/\">Eric Swalwell<\/a> and Texas Republican Tony Gonzales, who were both accused of sexual misconduct, and Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who was accused of financial misconduct.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House votes 413-2 to censure Rep. 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