Rep. Jamaal Bowman is the 27th member of the House in history to be censured, after his colleagues voted mostly along party lines, 214-191, in favor of the formal rebuke. The disciplinary action was taken in response to the New York Democrat pulling a fire alarm on Sept.

The resolution was sponsored by Rep. Lisa C. McClain (R-Mich.), secretary of the House Republican conference, who said that Bowman had “knowingly pulled a fire alarm to cause chaos.”

The House has voted to censure Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in a U.S. Capitol office building when the chamber was in session. The New York

McClain, Republican of Michigan, secretary of the House Republican conference, who said Wednesday that Bowman had “knowingly pulled a fire alarm to cause chaos and stop the House from doing business.”

New York progressive reacts after House votes 214-191 to censure him for pulling the fire alarm in a congressional building