The New York Democrat was just the 27th member in history to be censured, joining a small but growing group of publicly shamed members.

Finally, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has suffered congressional punishment for pulling a fire alarm before a House vote earlier this year.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman will face a censure vote this week, after lawmakers voted down an attempt to kill the resolution. The progressive New Yorker has faced a steady stream of criticism for pulling a fire alarm in a congressional office building in September.

Republicans in the House of Representatives have led the vote to censure Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York for triggering a fire alarm in […]

The New York representative drew considerable blowback from House Republicans immediately following the incident, with many calling for him to be expelled from the legislative body. Bowman has maintained that he did not pull the alarm in an attempt to stop voting on the stopgap measure.

House Republicans censured Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday after he falsely pulled a fire alarm in a House office building in September, hitting the New York Democrat with a congressional