Updated Nov. 1, 2023 9:52 pm ET
WASHINGTON—House lawmakers rejected an effort to expel Rep. George Santos (R., N.Y.), who made a series of bold fabrications in running for office and faces federal fraud charges related to his 2022 campaign.
The vote was 179 in favor of expulsion to 213 against, well short of the two-thirds threshold needed to remove a lawmaker from office. Nineteen lawmakers voted present and nearly two dozen more were absent.
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