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Article snippet: House Democratic leaders averted a potentially divisive vote to censure embattled Rep. MORE (R-Iowa) despite a push from some rank-and-file members to take further punitive action. House Majority Leader MORE (D-Ill.) to the Ethics Committee, which was quickly adopted by voice vote. Democratic leaders had grappled Wednesday with how to proceed on efforts from Rush and Rep. MORE (D-Ohio) to censure King for questioning why the terms white supremacist and white nationalist had become offensive. Some Democrats want to go farther than the House's approval on Tuesday of a resolution condemning white supremacy that, while aimed at King, doesn't rebuke him directly. Rush said he's "disappointed" that the House isn't voting to censure King. But he said he will reserve the right to force a vote on his resolution if King ignites another controversy with racist remarks. "If Steve King utters one more type of racist commentary, then I reserve the right to bring it up out of the Ethics Committee," Rush told reporters outside the House chamber. Ryan also threatened to force action on censure if King makes more inflammatory remarks. "I think the next time something like this happens we'll bring it up and it'll be in committee. We'll bring it up and I think we'd move to expel him at that point. So hopefully this will be enough discipline to prevent this from happening and we can all move on with our lives," Ryan told reporters. Some Democrats were worried that censuring King coul... Link to the full article to read more