House Votes to Censure Representative Jamaal Bowman

Representative Jamaal Bowman has been formally censured by the Republican-led House of Representatives.

On Thursday, the House voted largely along party lines to censure Bowman, a Democrat from New York, for pulling a fire alarm in a House office building in September. The censure was the first of its kind since 2010, when Representative Charles Rangel was censured for ethics violations.

Bowman has apologized for his actions, but the Republican-led House has taken a hard line, arguing that his actions were a breach of decorum and trust.

The censure is a significant blow to Bowman, who is seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party. It is also a sign of the increasingly partisan nature of American politics, as the two parties have become more polarized in recent years.