Congressman Jamaal Bowman denied pulling the fire alarm to stall a vote on a funding bill to avert a government shutdown

The House voted Thursday to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) for pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol Hill office building in order to delay a vote to avert a government shutdown. The lower chamber voted 214-191 to reprimand the freshman Bronx and Westchester lawmaker,

The House voted Thursday to formally censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., for pulling a fire alarm in September during government shutdown talks.

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 voted Thursday to censure New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm at the Capitol three months ago. Read more:

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.”

The House will hold a vote on whether to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in one of the U.S. Capitol office buildings in September when the chamber was in session

New York Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bomwan, a member of the "Squad," was censured by the House on Thursday, garnering three votes from members of his own party.