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Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
Sherphilis McCormick is under indictment for allegedly stealing $5 million in disaster relief to fund her campaign.
The Florida Democrat says she was denied due process.
Former congressmen Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzalez resigned last week amid allegations of sexual misconduct, and a fourth member, Florida Republican Corey Mills, could face an expulsion vote over accusations of assault, among other offenses.
All four have denied wrongdoing.
Congress has only ever expelled a few members.
They often resign before facing that vote.
But some rank-and-file members have been pushing for expulsion votes as investigations drag on and embattled members hold on.
They say Congress must deal with misbehavior swiftly or risk further eroding trust in the institution.
Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
The House has yet to vote on a Senate pass measure that would fund DHS through September, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.
Democrats have refused to fund those two agencies without reforming the tactics of their officers, asserting Congress's power of the purse to check the executive branch.
Still, President Trump's immigration crackdown has continued thanks to $75 billion Republicans in Congress approved for ICE last year.
Republicans now plan to fund ICE and Border Patrol through a similar party-line maneuver that would circumvent Democrats and the normal appropriations process, not just for this year or next year, but through the end of President Trump's term.
Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
36 Democrats voted to advance a measure to cancel the sale of 1,000-pound bombs.
40 Democrats, some 85% of the caucus, supported blocking the sale of bulldozers used by Israel in Lebanon and Gaza to level homes and neighborhoods.
Republicans voted to block the measures.
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona was among the roughly dozen Democrats who supported blocking the transfers after previously opposing similar measures.
We are in a moment where we have to ask ourselves,