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The U.S. Senate voted to censure which senator by a vote of 67 to 22 in 1954?

censure

[sen-sher] / ˈsΙ›n ΚƒΙ™r /




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"If the deputies decide to table a motion of censure or no confidence, they are capable of doing so," he added.

From Barron's ● May 24, 2026

Discrimination, harassment and sexual violence against women remain huge challenges, but feminism has become such a polarised term here it is often levelled as a grave charge, inviting witch-hunts online and censure offline.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Noem was the public face of that disapproval, strutting forward with arrogance in the face of public censure, a veritable clown show of ineptitude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

Fine has not appeared fearful of censure or any loss of his committee assignments.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

I won’t be afraid of him or of Prince Dain’s censure.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

It still demands collusion, censures dissent, confuses the exertion of power with the protest against it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

Gorsuch said that Congress has been censuring members since the 19th century and that “elected bodies in this country issued no fewer than 20 censures in August 2020 alone.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022

He said he generally also does not favor censures.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

The acquittal by the Inquisition apparently did not outweigh the denunciations of Bernardino, and Amadeo appealed to Eugenius IV., who referred the matter to Giuseppe di Brippo, with power to enforce his decision with censures.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

The City Council formally censured Lopez in 2022, barred him from committee appointments and limited his interactions with city staff outside of meetings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2025

It’s infrequent that a judge is publicly or privately censured.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

In response, Mr. Karrubi is neither punished nor censured.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

FBI agents at field offices and at headquarters who resisted Gray’s power were censured, fired or transferred.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2025

So far from being decorated, he had been censured for showing cowardice in the battle.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Critics are censuring Mr. Warsh for turning his back on those goals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

But make no mistake about its significance: Parliament censuring a man who was prime minister as recently as September in the strongest possible terms.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023

For decades after, Congress reconvened only intermittently to take pressing post-election actions, like censuring Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 and impeaching President Bill Clinton in 1998, or to resolve particular legislative debates.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

"The fact is, that our democracy is precious," Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said during the debate, speaking in favour of censuring Morrison.

From Reuters ● Nov. 30, 2022

The Russians were censuring his behavior in front of his friends and the world press.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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