Lawmakers spent much of 2025 seeking to reprimand each other – here’s a look back at what sparked such outrage It’s been a year for the history books in the House of Representatives. Lawmakers broke the record for longest floor speech and longest vote , and presided over the lengthiest government shutdown . They also spent plenty of time seeking to reprimand each other by passing censures, as the House’s formal mechanism for discipline is known. A search on Congress.gov reveals at least 17 attempts since the start of the year to condemn another lawmaker, in the form of a censure or a less formal disapproval resolution. Continue reading...