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Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is the latest member of Congress to resign, effectively avoiding a vote to expel her.
The Florida Democrat announced her resignation just before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote Tuesday afternoon on whether she should face expulsion after she was found guilty of over two dozen ethics violations last month.
“After careful reflection and prayer, I have concluded that it is in the best interest of my constituents and the institution that I step aside at this time,” Cherfilus-McCormick said in her resignation letter.
“The Committee has lost jurisdiction and there will not be a sanctions hearing,” Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi, chair of the House Ethics Committee, said when members met on Tuesday afternoon.
