A votes of censure is a vote showing that a majority does not support the policy of a leader or governing body. It is a congressional procedure for reprimanding the President of the United States, a member of Congress, or a judge, and has no explicit basis in the Constitution.
A vote of censure is a process in which members of a parliament vote to express formal disapproval of the government. One instance is when the government accepts political bribes.
Not much. The Senate can vote to censure the Senator, which amounts to less than a slap on the wrist.
Accepting a Bribe
accepting bribes
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Censure
That is the correct spelling of the term "censure" (to rebuke).
Censure is a verb. It describes an action of strongly disapproving of something. Censure is also a noun, a strong disapproval.
The censure of the crowd disappointed the performers.
Formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by the other members is known as censure. this is a motion that can be presented by any member of the Congress to be debated by the others.
Jackson was never impeached. Perhaps you are thinking Andrew Johnson. The US senate passed a vote of censure in 1834 when Jackson ordered federal fund removed for the National Bank. There is no constitutional authority for censure and it has no power, except to register the displeasure of the Senate in a formal way.
I censure the dog for knocking over the vase.