Epstein texts and yelling at Trump: US House’s year of censures

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.