A bipartisan group of congressmen need to forestall disgraced former congressman George Santos from having the identical privileges that former members of Congress obtain.
The Home expelled Santos in December, with 105 Republicans becoming a member of in to kick out the Lengthy Island freshman. The vote got here after a Home Ethics Committee report discovered “substantial proof” that he had damaged federal regulation.
However Santos continues to be eligible for lots of the privileges afforded to former members of Congress. In March, he briefly returned for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union, a lot to the chagrin of his former colleagues.
Republican Consultant Nick LaLota of New York joined Democratic Representatives Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Ritchie Torres of New York and Santos’s successor Tom Suozzi of New York to place ahead an modification this week that may forestall that from occurring once more. Torres filed the report back to the Ethics Committee that triggered an investigation into Santos within the first place.
At one level Santos tried to problem LaLota, a New York Republican — however then swiftly ended his candidacy.
Santos didn’t serve lengthy sufficient to earn a pension. However as a former member, he’s entitled to a everlasting Home ID card, entry to the Home flooring, the Home gymnasium, the parking construction and the eating amenities on campus.
The modification can be hooked up to the invoice which units apart cash for the legislative department, considered one of Congress’s 12 spending payments which to maintain the federal government open.
The laws would prohibit any cash within the invoice from “getting used to offer former members of congress who’ve been expelled with the privileges usually afforded to former members together with however not restricted to entry to the ground, parking amenities and athletic or wellness amenities, entry to administrative companies and eating amenities and membership within the U.S. Affiliation of Former Members of Congress.”
The modification has but to be voted on but when so, can be included within the bigger legislative package deal. The Home should go the spending payments earlier than the federal government runs out of cash on the finish of the fiscal yr on September 30, or representatives should go a stopgap spending invoice.
Santos not too long ago introduced that he’s launching an OnlyFans.
